Rooftop solar has been lauded by energy market bodies, policymakers, the media and environmental groups as a great way to lower bills, help the environment and help the grid. While rooftop solar may have lowered bills for homeowners able to install it, this paper posits that it has done so by increasing bills for everyone...

This report monitors the progress of the deployment of rooftop solar and behind-the-meter energy storage systems in Australia for a six month period. The results reinforce the importance of establishing a national home battery rebate scheme, to ease the upfront costs associated with adopting home batteries.

As coal generators continue to age and shut down, investment in replacement capacity – both renewable power and flexible storage – is critical. This paper finds that the ability of generators to reliably produce electricity has significantly dropped, coal outages have been a primary driver of power outage warnings and contributed to price spikes.

The draft report for consultation of an annual assessment of the costs of electricity generation, energy storage and hydrogen production technologies. It finds for the seventh year in a row, renewables have the lowest cost range of any new electricity generation, despite varied inflationary impacts across technologies.

This report covers Australia’s rooftop solar potential for homes and businesses with a focus on ensuring that all new homes have solar from day one, and adding solar on most social housing to unlock cost savings for tenants and governments.