AUSTRALIAN SOLAR GROWS – BUT WILL NEED MORE BATTERY CAPACITY TO BE SUSTAINABLE
February 1st, 2019
Australia is witnessing strong solar energy growth, with unprecedented increases in power generation being complemented by rapid advances in storage that are tempering concerns that the country could be approaching a peak-solar output crunch.
The continent now has more than 10.1GW of solar installed, combining large- or utility-scale (above 100kW) plants, medium- or commercial-scale ones (10-100kW) and small-scale household rooftop stations (below 10kW).
Together this capacity delivers 14.6TWh per year and meets more than 5.5% of Australia’s energy demand. ...
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