Australia moves slowly towards solar power as WA tackles "basket case"

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ustralia is “solar-rich” and although we are decades late, the country is now moving closer to solar power.

Writing on Reneweconomy, Giles Parkinson said that West Australian energy minister Mike Nahan had conceded the state’s electricity market faces radical change, with rooftop solar to become ubiquitous on homes and businesses within a matter of years.

“In questions following an eagerly awaited speech in Perth on Tuesday, outlining the first of his government’s major energy market reforms, Nahan said solar, battery storage and off-grid installations would have a big impact on the market,” he writes.

Repairing the WA energy “basket case” is discussed in the story: “WA to go solar – may be the only way out of energy mess”.