{
  "id": 603026,
  "title": "These 5 charts show how far rooftop solar and home batteries can take us – and why we still need the grid",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/11/these-5-charts-show-how-far-rooftop-solar-and-home-batteries-can-take",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-11T20:07:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Conversation AU",
    "slug": "the-conversation-au",
    "url": "https://theconversation.com/these-5-charts-show-how-far-rooftop-solar-and-home-batteries-can-take-us-and-why-we-still-need-the-grid-276184"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Home batteries and rooftop solar have become enormously popular. But while powerful, these technologies won’t let us get rid of the grid.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}