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Solar Wizard
Today a new record was set on the Australian national grid; renewables hit 57.6% of total supply on a weekday. The single largest supplier of energy was rooftop solar PV with 32.4% of supply at 12:30pm AEST - nearly 8GW of rooftop solar PV supply.
This national grid represents most of the country's electricity supply except for the far north and the state of Western Australia, and anything off-grid of course.
As a nation our grid is still heavily reliant on coal but it's changing fast.
In WA the other day they hit over 55% of the state's grid supply coming from rooftop solar PV at 12:30pm Perth time - 1.2GW of rooftop PV.
These records are going to keep tumbling as we head deeper into Spring and into the years ahead as solar PV is being installed at an amazing rate. It won't be long before 40% of all Australian homes have a grid-tied solar PV system on their roof.
The transition might get a bit bumpy at times.
This national grid represents most of the country's electricity supply except for the far north and the state of Western Australia, and anything off-grid of course.
As a nation our grid is still heavily reliant on coal but it's changing fast.
In WA the other day they hit over 55% of the state's grid supply coming from rooftop solar PV at 12:30pm Perth time - 1.2GW of rooftop PV.
These records are going to keep tumbling as we head deeper into Spring and into the years ahead as solar PV is being installed at an amazing rate. It won't be long before 40% of all Australian homes have a grid-tied solar PV system on their roof.
The transition might get a bit bumpy at times.