Source: ABC News (Australia)
Some households expected to do 'more of the heavy lifting' in green energy pivot | ABC News
Jun 28, 2023 · 2m 14s
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at this Warehouse in perth's eastern suburbs Chris Dodd is helping to unpack the energy transition the electricity wholesaler sells solar panels and batteries and he says demand is as strong as ever solar is basically one of the things that's going to be growing and growing into the future and I can see the evolution of batteries into everyone's household Chris Dodd says consumers are worried about increasingly
volatile energy markets which have gyrated wildly in recent years he says Rising power prices are driving much of the demand the biggest driver of demand for solar is really Financial to actually save money on your power bills it was really like that from day one and even more so now clean energy is being added at scale across the electricity industry in the hope it will lower
volatility but experts are warning consumers face a bumpy ride while the transition plays out it's a little bit like taking out a mortgage to build a very energy efficient house so in the long term it'll be good but in the short term there will be some costs to Bear amid plans for Australia to get 82 percent of its power from renewable sources by 2030 billions of
dollars will need to be spent on green generation and the technology needed to back it up consumer Advocates say the transition is necessary but won't won't be painless and prices could be higher for the next 10 years or more everybody needs to take a deep breath we cannot Rush this if you rush it we will break it somewhere ultimately when we get to the other side
we should have a cleaner more stable Energy System because the fuel costs will be known it's just this interim period which will be difficult as Australia enters the teeth of the energy transition consumers should brace for turbulence Daniel Mercer ABC News
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