{"id":14481,"date":"2017-08-28T12:00:07","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T01:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=14481"},"modified":"2017-08-28T12:00:07","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T01:30:07","slug":"renewable-energy-index-australia-mb0183","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/renewable-energy-index-australia-mb0183\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Rooftop Solar Generated 7,206 GWh Of Electricity In 2016\/17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14483\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/renewable-energy-index.jpg\" alt=\"Renewable Energy Index 2016-17 Benchmark Report\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/renewable-energy-index.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/renewable-energy-index-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From July 2016 to June 2017, renewable energy in Australia generated enough electricity to power 7.1 million homes, representing 70% of all households.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The Renewable Energy Index 2016-17 Benchmark Report, prepared by Green Energy Markets and funded by GetUp!, states renewables comprised 17.2% of the electricity generated in Australia&#8217;s National and Western Australian Electricity Markets.<\/p>\n<p>Green Energy Markets Director of analysis and advisory Tristan Edis <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/vFEFzN\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> renewables represented about 7 per cent of Australia&#8217;s electricity supply just ten years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The carbon reduction achieved through renewables during the 2016\/17 period was equal to 25.4 million tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>The report notes large-scale renewables is enjoying a boom, with 46 projects under construction representing 2,590 megawatts of capacity at the end of 2016-17; 1,259 MW of that being large-scale solar projects. The total amount of large-scale renewables under construction will provide enough work to employ 8,868 people.<\/p>\n<p>Large-scale solar already in place and operational during the period generated 664 gigawatt hours of electricity.<\/p>\n<h2>The Rooftop Solar Panel Revolution Continues<\/h2>\n<p>Close to 150,000 rooftop <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">solar power systems<\/a> were installed in the year to June 2017 according to the report. These systems alone will generate enough electricity to power more than 226,000 homes and will deliver $1.6 billion in power bill savings over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>The benefits of rooftop PV go well beyond those being enjoyed by owners &#8211; in addition to carbon emissions reduction, the installation of these systems supported 3,769 full-time jobs.<\/p>\n<p>All Australia&#8217;s rooftop solar panel systems generated 7,206 gigawatt-hours of electricity during July 2016 &#8211; June 2017.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14482\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gigawatt-hours-renewables-australia.png\" alt=\"Gigawatt hours - renewable energy in Australia\" width=\"666\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gigawatt-hours-renewables-australia.png 666w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/gigawatt-hours-renewables-australia-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8221; Australia already produces enough renewable energy to power 70% of all homes. And that number is set to rise to 90% in a few years. Let&#8217;s do this,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GetUpAustralia\/posts\/10154644329361455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> a statement from GetUp!.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The full Renewable Energy Index 2016-17 Benchmark Report <a href=\"https:\/\/d68ej2dhhub09.cloudfront.net\/2199-Renewable_Energy_Index_-_2016-17_Benchmark_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">can be downloaded here<\/a> (PDF). The Index will now be published monthly.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate recently released report, Green Energy Markets <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/Vm9UYt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">states<\/a> renewable energy&#8217;s share of National Electricity Market generation in July reached 19.5% inclusive of rooftop solar and 17.6% excluding it.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;This is the fourth highest monthly market share (excl roof solar) achieved since January 2013,&#8221; said the firm.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Green Energy Markets notes 8 large-scale renewable energy projects received accreditation in July, including the 15MW <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sunshine-coast-solar-operational-mb0135\/\">Sunshine Coast Solar Farm<\/a> in Valdora, Queensland.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From July 2016 to June 2017, renewable energy in Australia generated enough electricity to power 7.1 million homes, representing 70% of all households.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":14483,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.5 (Yoast SEO v28.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australian Rooftop Solar Generated 7,206 GWh Of Electricity In 2016\/17<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"From July 2016 to June 2017, renewable energy in Australia generated enough electricity to power 7.1 million homes, representing 70% of all households.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/renewable-energy-index-australia-mb0183\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian Rooftop Solar Generated 7,206 GWh Of Electricity In 2016\/17\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From July 2016 to June 2017, renewable energy in Australia generated enough electricity to power 7.1 million homes, representing 70% of all households.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/renewable-energy-index-australia-mb0183\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-28T01:30:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/renewable-energy-index.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"525\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/renewable-energy-index-australia-mb0183\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/renewable-energy-index-australia-mb0183\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Australian Rooftop Solar Generated 7,206 GWh Of Electricity In 2016\\\/17\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-28T01:30:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/renewable-energy-index-australia-mb0183\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":367,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/renewable-energy-index-australia-mb0183\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/08\\\/renewable-energy-index.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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