Deadline: 30 June 2025
If you’re a Northern Territory (NT) homeowner, business or a not-for-profit organisation, you can apply for a grant through the Home and Business Battery Scheme to buy and install batteries and inverters.
The Scheme is being delivered by the NT Government’s Department of Mining and Energy and administered through GrantsNT (the Department).
Objectives
- The Home and Business Battery Scheme (the Scheme) has been designed to support the Northern Territory Government’s energy transition, while maintaining secure, reliable and affordable power for Territorian homes and businesses.
- The Scheme will provide eligible homes and business owners with a grant to install a solar photovoltaic (PV) system with a battery, or add a battery to their existing solar PV system.
Funding Information
- As of 1 December 2024, eligible homeowners and businesses can access a grant of $400 per kilowatt hour of useable battery system capacity, up to a maximum grant of $12,000.
Funding Usage
- You can use the funding to buy and install:
- a solar photovoltaic (PV) with an eligible battery and inverter
- an eligible battery and inverter only, if you already have solar PV installed.
Eligibility Criteria
- You can only submit one application per property and per homeowner.
- You can apply if you’re a:
- registered owner of a residential property in the NT
- registered NT business
- not-for-profit or community organisation operating in the NT in either owned or leased premises.
- The property can be owner-occupied or used as an investment, but there can only be one application per property and per homeowner.
- If you’re a homeowner and also own a business, you can apply for one grant for your home and one for your business.
For more information, visit Department of Mining and Energy.
