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Australia’s electric dreams

Australia is set to electrify everything. Vibrant communities willing to trial the transition are the first in line to learn what to do and how to bring everyone along, reports pv magazine Australia’s Natalie Filatoff.

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Natalie Filatoff

09 Jun 2023

Some Australian suburbs are looking to “electrify everything” by building on a foundation of large amounts of residential rooftop PV. | Photo: Springers Solar

It was always there – in the promise of this sunny nation’s burgeoning rooftop solar market – that Australia would electrify stoves, water heaters, cars … everything. Now, however, Saul Griffith, a new, persuasive climate evangelist fresh from contributing to energy transition-boosting US legislation, has come home to focus on electrification – with a bid …

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