Signal Australian households added over 180,000 home batteries in the second half of 2025

Summary

The report points to Australia as one of the clearest views of everything-to-grid energy operating at scale. During the second half of 2025, Australian households installed more than 180,000 home batteries. State and national programmes now compensate these households for linking their batteries to software networks. Those networks can tap the stored energy collectively, helping to stabilize the grid when demand surges. The example illustrates how coordination software can combine many small assets into a single orchestrated resource. It also shows compensation frameworks beginning to reward flexibility, which the chapter treats as a key condition for turning consumers into active grid participants.