The Aussie Solar Drive is a bold, national push to double rooftop solar and storage by the end of the decade, to reach 50 GW of clean generation and 24GW of storage. [...] How to deliver it: Roll out rooftop solar and storage for all social homes - The Federal Government can work with states and territories to install solar on Australia’s roughly 260,000 social housing properties. [...] Re-focus the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) to commercial solar and storage - The popular and successful national SRES helped drive the first wave of rooftop solar on Aussie homes; an updated and re-focused scheme can now do the same for businesses. [...] Update the National Construction Code to require solar on all new homes and commercial buildings - Solar and space to install storage can be delivered as a standard feature for all new and substantially rebuilt homes and buildings. [...] New energy apprentices and existing workers looking to reskill Rolling out solar and storage for millions more homes and businesses will create tens of thousands more good jobs in our cities, suburbs and regions.
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- How to deliver it 1
- Who will benefit 2
- To discuss this and other popular policies to slash climate pollution contact 2
- Advocacy Director Alex Engel-Mallon 2
- Alex.Engel-Mallonclimatecouncil.org.au 2
- Australian households and families 2
- New energy apprentices and existing workers looking to reskill 2
- Small and medium businesses 2
- Businesses will benefit through lower electricity costs helping make them more sustainable to protect good local jobs. 2
- For more information on how much more clean energy these actions could add to 2
- Seize the Sun How Australia can supercharge rooftop solar and storage. 2