New figures from the Australian PV Institute have shown that Australia installed an impressive 1.3 gigawatts (GW) worth of solar PV in 2017, a record for the country and a prelude to what many are expecting will be a 2018 to eclipse all previous years.
After installing more than 6 GW of solar PV installations in 2016, Australia remains on track to install between 10 and 12 GW in 2020, according to a new report published by the Australian PV Institute.
Originally published on RenewEconomy by Sophie Vorrath The solar energy output from more than 5500 distributed PV systems across Australia can now be monitored in real time after the launch of an updated solar mapping service by the Australian PV Institute (APVI). The newly enhanced version of APVI’s Live Solar … [continued]
Australia has not received the greatest wrap in renewable energy circles of late, due primarily to our long-standing reliance upon our massive coal deposits. According to CSIRO, coal “contributes more than 75% of Australia’s electricity needs” as well as being a massive export earner — Japan took a whopping 115.3 … [continued]
