Australia has been recognised as the country with the most solar per capita in the world – nearly 1kW of panels for every one person – after a stellar solar uptake in 2020 pushed the total installed rooftop solar to 13GW.
The PV in Australia Report for 2020, detailed a record-breaking year for rooftop solar, with total of 362,000 new systems installed on homes and businesses, an increase of 28 per cent over 2019 rooftop solar installs. That works out to be more than 41 solar systems installed every hour nationwide, or one panel every 44 seconds, and there is no sign of this trend slowing down.
According to Kane Thornton, Clean Energy Council CEO, “having more than 3 million rooftop solar systems now installed is a transformational change as Australians take control of their energy bills, do their bit to tackle the impact of global warming and support small business. It will be critical to Australia achieving a target of net-zero emissions by 2050.”
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