Rooftop solar panels and small batteries are driving Australia’s rapid shift towards renewable energy. Some 30% of detached homes on Australia’s national grid have these systems installed. By 2050, this proportion could reach 65%.
Sun Cable, the enormous solar energy power plant that will link the Northern Territory to Southeast Asia, is a step closer to becoming a reality with independent government advisor Infrastructure Australia labelling the project as “investment ready”.
Gone are the days when the federal government would cheer on Australia’s fossil fuel exports to the exclusion of all else, while seemingly doing everything in its power to hold back the switch to renewables.
The Clean Energy Council has been appointed the administrator of the New Energy Tech Consumer Code (NETCC) for the next 10 years, until December 2033.