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Australia, ending fossils? Huh? Aren't they ramping up coal mining?
Negative our coal use is trending downwards:
https://explore.openelectricity.org.au/energy/nem/?range=all&interval=1M&view=discrete-time&group=Detailed
We are a bit similar to Norway in that domestically we're doing great at pushing forward with renewables but we export most of our crap:
The main sources of domestic energy production from natural sources were:
https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/energy/energy-account-australia/2023-24
So we export fossil fuels but at home we're number one in the world:
We also I'm pretty certain (thanks to the Labor governments home battery subsidises) number one in the world with home battery installs:
https://reneweconomy.com.au/households-on-track-to-add-five-biggest-batteries-in-six-months-as-rebate-installs-rocket-towards-175000/
When you can get a 40kwh home battery for 7000 AUD (~4500 USD) to hook up to your solar panels (which are getting bugger all for sending solar to the grid because we now have too much solar being generated now) and just about go off grid, why wouldn't you?
Sorry for long reply :X
Where can you get 40kWh for 7k? Thats off by a factor of about 4 in my experience. Parents just spent ~$1k/kWh for their battery earlier this year.
few on ozbargain:
[NSW] 50kWh VoltX Solar Battery & 10kW Inverter $6,999 Installed (NSW Metro Only) @ VoltX Energy
[NSW, SA, QLD] NEW Customers Only: 41.93 Kwh Fox ESS Eq4800 Solar Battery from $5,199 @ Aussie Solar Batteries
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/search/node/solar%20battery
Those prices just seem too good to be true, but if real, thats incredible.
Quick search of voltx, and their site is offering 30kWh for $7k, so thats already a downgrade, but that could be just out of date info.
How about your coal exports?