Australia leads the world in rooftop solar per head. Can this small-scale power source be the secret weapon to fire up our struggling transition to net zero?
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Of all Australia’s climate policies, the Renewable Energy Target has been the most effective. Why have Australian governments moved away from it, and how can they revive it?
Landlords don’t think renters will pay more for homes with rooftop solar. But the evidence suggests otherwise.
The largest category of power plants applying to connect to the US grid are now solar, and over a third of those are hybrids that include battery storage.
Covering the state’s canals with solar panels would reduce evaporation of precious water and help meet renewable energy goals – all while saving money.
Standard economic theory suggests solar exports shouldn’t be taxed at all.
A technological arms race in the 80s resulted in a world-first solar cell, that today underpins half the world’s solar power.
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Professor of Engineering, Australian National University
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Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Affiliate, Electricity Markets & Policy Group, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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Distinguished Professor of Engineering, University of California, Merced
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Senior Research Fellow, Battery Storage & Grid Integration Program, Australian National University
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Senior Scientific Engineering Associate, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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PhD candidate, Australian National University
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Fellow, Australian National University
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Graduate Student Researcher in Electricity Markets and Policy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
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PhD Candidate, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Griffith University
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Associate Professor, Griffith University
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Senior Research Fellow in the Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets and the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor in the Collaboration on Energy and Environmental Markets and the School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Research Associate, UNSW Sydney
