Featured in Harvest Potential – 10-2023

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Australian rooftop PV continues to thrive, with distributed arrays set to reach 6 GW of generation capacity this year, begging the question, when does a lot of rooftop solar become too much? That is a hot debate in the world’s small-scale PV capital, reports Jonathan Gifford.

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Jonathan Gifford

11 Oct 2023

On Sept. 23, Australia set a solar world record, the state of South Australia (SA) to be precise. For a short time, at 1:55 p.m., all the state’s electricity demand was met by rooftop solar. Clocking in at 101.1% of demand, the milestone demonstrated what future electric grids could look like – even if only for …

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