If our hot water heaters ran off daytime solar, we would slash emissions and soak up cheap energy
- Written by Baran Yildiz, Senior lecturer in Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney
nikkytok/ShutterstockYour hot shower or bath uses 15-30% of your household’s total energy, second only to the heating and cooling of air.
More than half of all Australian households rely on electric water heaters with a storage tank. These act like thermal batteries and often store more energy than a home battery. Traditionally, these...





