State’s solar and wind energy boom could power every home for a year

Victoria is in the grip of a renewable energy boom, with more wind and solar power in operation or being built than all the state's households would use in a year.

The Codrington wind farm towers along the coastline near Port Fairy.

An analysis of all large-scale wind and solar farms across the state has found they will soon have the energy-generating capacity to power more than 2.9 million homes.

The analysis, by advocacy group Environment Victoria, is based on the Australian Energy Market Commission’s estimate that the average Victorian household used 3865 kilowatt-hours of electricity last year.

Read Adam Carey’s story from The Age - “State’s solar and wind energy boom could power every home for a year.”