"The federal government scheme will require retailers to offer free electricity to households for at least three hours in the middle of the day, when there is often more electricity generated than is being used, leading to very cheap or even negative wholesale prices."
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-03/energy-retailers-offer-free-power-three-hours-dmo/105965472
2 Comments
iocase@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 48d
Soapstone batteries... If it's literally free from overproduction just heat up soapstone and now you don't need a furnace to heat your home.
Same if you had a couple thousand liters of water-glycol mix in an insulated tank you chill down with a heat pump to provide cooling.
Or do district heat and cooling for dense urban cores.
FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 48d
Sadly, us in Tasmania miss out
It's only selected places in Australia, not the whole country
But, it's better than nothing