The Australian government’s latest Energy Update 2024 report has revealed that large-scale solar PV power generation has grown more than 20-fold in the last six years.
The report, published by the government’s Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) on Wednesday (28 August), covers data for 2022-23. It states that solar electricity generation grew 21% year-on-year in 2022-23 and is 11 times higher than a decade ago.
It also indicates that renewable electricity generation increased by 11% year-on-year, accounting for 34% (93TWh) of Australia’s electricity generation. In the national electricity market (NEM), this figure increases to 37% in the electricity mix.
The report notes that this rise has been aided by the “rapid expansion of solar PV and wind electricity production”. It signals that cumulative electricity generation also increased by 1% year-on-year during the same period.
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