Australia’s Rooftop Solar PV Surpasses 4 GW

[ScienceRocks]

Australia’s Rooftop Solar PV Surpasses 4 GW

December 15th, 2014 by Giles Parkinson

Originally published on RenewEconomy.
Australia s Rooftop Solar PV Surpasses 4GW
Australia has surpassed 4GW of rooftop solar PV, according to data provided by the Australian Photovoltaic Institute. The revelation comes just days after Australian Bureau of Statistics data indicated that one of five houses around the country had a rooftop solar array.

The APVI, which operates the solar map that tracks capacity, output and generation share across Australia, said the breaching of the 4GW mark means that rooftop solar capacity has risen four-fold since 2011. It estimates that more than 40 per cent of households in Queensland and South Australia have solar panels.

According to separate data from Green Energy Trading and network operators, more than 15,000 households in Australia are adding solar each month, meaning that at least 600MW has been installed in the first 10 months of the current year.

APVI said its estimates of current installation comes through its live ‘solar map’. It is hosting the Asia Pacific Solar conference on Monday through Wednesday, where more than 280 solar experts will gather in an event co-hosted by the NSW government and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency.

Economics is driving this and there's nothing the government can do about it.

 

[RGR]

What do you know about what economics drives Matthew? Are you paid to pretend that this stuff is all peachy keen, or does economics drive your behavior and you have these panels all over your rooftop?

 

[Mr. H.]

Economics is driving this and there's nothing the government can do about it.

I would venture to say that the government IS the economics.

 

[Treeshepherd]

The more rooftop solar, the more freedom.

 

[RGR]

Rooftop solar is great. I use it to fuel up the car as often, and as much as possible. But Matthew doesn't talk about how this freedom is benefitting him, he just pimps whatever and whenever, in the hopes that just by SAYING things are great, people will buy into his generic advocacy of…whatever.

 

[ScienceRocks]

People are choosing to go solar even without help from the government. Abbott isn't helping solar at all.

 

[RGR]

And neither are you if all you can do is pimp the latest and greatest...when the latest and greatest isn't what some of us need, or can afford, or is even available to the average consumer yet.

Tell us Matthew, how much of the fuel for your EV do you get from solar? My number is 20%, not counting wind (that number is 13%). What is your number?