Batteries for the Home

More Australians are buying batteries and EV’s with the aim of reducing their power bills and lowering their emissions. The Federal Government and most States have financial incentives for batteries and options for using the battery in your EV to help power your home are increasing. How do you navigate this whole new area of technology

We have two excellent speakers to help guide you through this.

Avinesh Naidu from Kean Energy will speak on 'Home Batteries – Smarter Storage, Greater Independence'. He will cover:

• Available grants/Why this is a good time to install a battery.

• The latest battery technologies and what’s available in 2025

• How to size and manage a battery for maximum savings

• How to maximise performance under time-of-use tariffs and blackout conditions

• Integration with smart home energy management systems

Avinesh is a consultant specialising in solar energy, with deep industry knowledge and technical expertise. He has over a decade of experience in designing, engineering, project and contract management, and the deployment of renewable energy assets. Avinesh will discuss how to ensure that you obtain quality in your solar installation which is so essential to ensure that you make the most energy saving and best ROI.

Tim Eden will speak on ‘Batteries on wheels - Your EV as a power source’. He will cover:

• Terminology - V2L, V2H, V2G, etc.

• What you can do with each of these technologies.

• AC vs DC chargers.

• What the current situation is regarding the rules, regulation, availability of products etc.

Tim spent most of his career so far as a network engineer and site reliability engineer, helping to keep Google systems up and running for 14 years among other things. He got hooked on electric vehicles during a work trip to the US in 2014, where he saw a glimpse of the future while driving a Tesla Model S. After leaving Google a few years ago, Tim has worked for Polestar Australia and now writes for the EV focused The Driven website where he enjoys sharing his knowledge and experience with others.