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"With a fantastic set of results for rooftop solar and record-breaking figures
for investment in utility scale storage, 2023 was another strong year for
renewable energy in Australia.
Meanwhile, we saw a wave of ambitious policy decisions at federal and state
levels aimed at accelerating momentum for the sector, meaning 2024 and beyond
will be pivotal years for clean energy.
Renewable energy provided 39.4 per cent of Australia’s total energy generation
in 2023, a 9.7 per cent increase from 35.9 per cent in 2022. That’s a
remarkable achievement given renewables represented just 17 per cent of
Australia’s electricity in 2017, when strong investment really took off.
Combined large and small-scale renewable capacity added reached approximately
5.9 GW in 2023, a figure that almost topped the 2021 record of 6.3 GW, and was
significantly up from 5 GW in 2022. This was comprised of 2.8 GW from utility
scale projects coming online, and 3.1 GW from rooftop solar. Utility-scale
projects included 1.9 GW of large-scale solar capacity – up from 841 MW in 2022
– and 942 MW of wind capacity, down from 1.4 GW in 2022.
2023 was also a record-breaking year for new financial commitments to
large-scale storage. In Q2, investment in big batteries broke the
billion-dollar mark during a quarter for the first time, and by Q4 that record
had been broken. Total investment in large-scale storage stood at $4.9 billion
by the end of 2023, up from $1.9 billion in 2022 – a 157.9 per cent increase.
The combined capacity of the large-scale storage projects reaching financial
commitment in 2023 totalled 3,949 MW / 9,905 MWh.
Meanwhile, Australia’s world-leading rooftop solar industry continued to
flourish, driving Australia’s clean energy transition forward with the largest
contribution (3.1 GW) of any technology, significantly up from 2022 (2.7 GW).
337,498 solar systems were installed across Australia in 2023, up from 315,499
in 2022. These are terrific numbers, and demonstrate the value Australians see
in rooftop solar, as well as the benefits it brings."
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http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
