As power prices surge, Victorians are embracing solar — and it's causing problems

Andy McCarthy has been installing rooftop solar panels in Victoria for 18 years, but even he is stunned by the massive recent growth in demand.

Opponents of renewable energy have seized on
 infrastructure issues to criticise the growth in wind and solar.

"It's been crazy," he said.

"We installed our first 100 kilowatt system in 2013. Back then, that was a huge deal.

"Now we are doing three a week.”

The rate of growth is astonishing — every minute, on average, six and a half solar panels are installed on Australian rooftops.

Read the story from ABC News by Stephanie Anderson - “As power prices surge, Victorians are embracing solar — and it's causing problems.”