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Environment
Poppy Johnston

Businesses MIA on rooftop solar and battery revolution

There's been calls for more action to incentivise commercial-building solar installations. (Tracey Nearmy/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian households are generating nearly four times as much solar energy as retailers, manufacturers and other non-residential buildings, with most commercial rooftops panel-free.

Harvesting the vast, untapped generating and storage potential in cities and towns depends on devising incentives targeting this "missing middle" and reforming the way commercial players interact with the grid, an energy think tank says.

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