Shagaf Akhter

Where You Can – and Cannot – Install a Home Battery in Western Australia The rebate decides whether a Western Australian household buys a battery. The standard decides where that battery is allowed to go. Most buyers spend weeks on the first question and about four minutes on the second, and then discover – usually […]

Regen Power Pty Ltd and Curtin University have been awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Project grant valued at close to $1.93 million to develop an AI-driven platform supporting Australian households across the full battery lifecycle – sizing, smart charging, and end-of-life recycling. The project runs from 2026 to 2029 and represents one of

Why Regen Power has committed $600,000 to answering that question properly Ask a Western Australian homeowner what they want to know before putting a battery on the wall, and the question usually comes out in one line: what does the rebate actually do for me? It sounds like a question with an answer. It isn’t

Why Solar Quotes in WA Look So Different Right Now If you have gathered two or three solar or battery quotes in Perth recently, you have probably noticed they don’t just differ on price – they describe what sounds like different products entirely. One specifies a commissioning standard and an export pathway; another is a

Your Solar Isn’t Faulty – It’s Being Throttled There is a moment that puzzles a growing number of Perth solar owners. It is a clear, mild Sunday in spring. The sky is cloudless, the panels are spotless, and yet the inverter app shows generation flatlining – or dropping away entirely – in the middle of

The Perth Solar System You Bought in 2012 Has a Date With Destiny If you were one of roughly 150,000 Perth households who installed rooftop solar between 2010 and 2015 – riding the original WA Net Feed-in Tariff or its 20-cent successor – your system is now somewhere between 11 and 16 years old. The

Most Perth households have spent more time choosing their internet plan in the past decade than choosing their electricity tariff. That made sense when there was only one tariff worth considering. It does not make sense any more. The gap between Synergy’s flat Home Plan A1 and its time-of-use Midday Saver is now wide enough that

If you’ve been considering a home battery for your Perth property, 2026 is shaping up to be the single best year to act — but there’s a hard deadline approaching. The WA battery rebate 2026 landscape combines a generous state-funded scheme with a federal program that’s about to reduce significantly on 1 May 2026.  In this guide, we break down exactly how much you