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Residents with excess solar electricity can store it in a community battery

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Across Australia, community batteries are growing in popularity as a way to support renewable energy generation. They enable storage of excess solar generated electricity, which can be shared locally. The first community battery as part of an Endeavour Energy rollout was switched on in Western Sydney.
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