Australian households on track to add near-record rooftop solar capacity to electricity grid

The Clean Energy Regulator says 1.4GW of rooftop solar capacity, from almost 160,000 systems, was added to the grid in the first half of 2023. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Households are on track to add three gigawatts of rooftop solar capacity to the electricity grid this year but investment in large-scale wind and solar remains all but stalled, according to the Clean Energy Regulator.

The regulator said 1.4GW of capacity, from almost 160,000 rooftop systems, was added to the grid in the first half of 2023, which chief executive and chair David Parker said showed consumers were looking to save money on their energy usage while reducing their carbon footprint.