Roadmap for Energy Transition

I often hear this statement.

Can one really person make a difference, the answer is yes, they can. Now it seems the reports indicate the same sentiment. A report issues in June this year shows great promise towards meeting our green energy targets and without the government changing their policies. As we have seen in the past, if enough people come together we can achieve amazing things.

Residential Households and Businesses making a real difference to green energy.

Australian households and companies using rooftop solar panels, batteries and electric vehicles are being recognised as a major driving force of the country’s green energy transition by the Australian Energy Market Operator.

The latest version of AEMO’s 25-year planning blueprint, known as the 2024 Integrated System Plan, notes how many people have already changed to solar along with projections of future investments to be made by households and businesses over the coming years. This will significantly change the fundamental nature of the grid. It is great to see average people being part of the solution faster than the government.

Rooftop solar is expected to grow from the current 21 gigawatts to 86 GW in 2050 and home batteries are expected to grow from just 1 GW to an estimated 7 GW in 2029-30, and 34 GW in 2049-50.

EV ownership is expected to surge from the late 2020s – driven by falling costs, which we are already seeing, and more choice of make and model along with availability. People are installing EV changing ports at their home and business, with more charging infrastructure being added in towns and cities. By 2050, 97 per cent of all vehicles are expected to be full battery electric vehicles, according to the step change scenario in the report.