vividspecter@lemm.ee to Aussie Enviro@aussie.zone · 10 months agoFour reasons rooftop solar will grow to dominate Australia’s electricity marketreneweconomy.com.auexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down11
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minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-210 months agoNetherlands is at 4.2% solar to 14% in Australia. 15% of all Netherlands power is renewable/sustainable compared to 32% in Australia. Netherlands Source Australia Source
minus-squarevividspecter@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 months agoI’m struggling to find a good source, but Australia also has the highest per capita rooftop solar (residential PV) rate in the world. Australia also leads per capita solar consumption overall, although Netherlands is second so they are doing well there too: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-solar?tab=chart&country=ESP~IND~PRT~GBR~NZL~CHN~AUS~USA~JPN~NLD
minus-squareHerbal Gamerlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoIt’s also fucking tiny and doesn’t have a sodding great outback.
minus-squarehitmyspot@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoWell, they have nether lands. We have Tasmania, the nether region, cartographically speaking.
minus-squareCordanWraith@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoAnd coincidentally, was discovered by the Dutch.
Netherlands is at 4.2% solar to 14% in Australia.
15% of all Netherlands power is renewable/sustainable compared to 32% in Australia.
Netherlands Source
Australia Source
I’m struggling to find a good source, but Australia also has the highest per capita rooftop solar (residential PV) rate in the world. Australia also leads per capita solar consumption overall, although Netherlands is second so they are doing well there too: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/per-capita-solar?tab=chart&country=ESP~IND~PRT~GBR~NZL~CHN~AUS~USA~JPN~NLD
It’s also fucking tiny and doesn’t have a sodding great outback.
Well, they have nether lands. We have Tasmania, the nether region, cartographically speaking.
And coincidentally, was discovered by the Dutch.