59,000 new jobs will be created by the renewable energy transition in Victoria by 2035. To help electricians upskill in home battery installations the government is testing specialised training programs.

With payback times for solar and battery systems decreasing, the incentive for householders to generate and store their own energy increases.

Rosemary Grundy is a systems analyst who meticulously calculated when she will break-even on her renewable energy investment in real time, using real usage, electricity and petrol prices.

The water in farm dams can create small pumped hydro plants that store electricity by pumping water to a high-lying reservoir, which is released back to a low-lying reservoir when more power is needed.

Sally Hunter and her family applied the same DIY logic to electrifying their home and farm in north west NSW as they've done to every other aspect of their lives.