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The United States kicked off the solar power industry, but then Germany took it to another level, and Australia followed close behind and became true leader globally in rooftop solar power adoption. With strong federal policies and some strong state policies, Australia shot to the top of the charts in this regard. It remains one of the best places in the world for the percentage of homes and businesses that have rooftop solar PV systems. I’ve long admired the country for that.
One of the big struggles at the moment that we write about consistently here on CleanTechnica is the explosion of AI data centers and their enormous appetite for electricity (among other things). It’s a big challenge, enormously increasing pollution and global heating. Well, Australia has come to a solution. It’s not something like Einstein’s E=mc^2 — it’s quite a common-sense solution — but it’s something others haven’t yet been doing. Australia is now on the verge of requiring that large AI data centers secure their own new clean energy supply.
