It’s not news to say that Australians are even more in love with their energy home upgrades than ever before, but uncertainty about what other people think of the energy transition is creating doubt.
These contrasting data points are from the latest Clean Energy Solutions Index, a survey of more than 3,000 people across the country.
While support for rooftop solar and home batteries is stronger than ever and accompanied by a sharp lift in love for electric vehicles, general sentiment towards the energy transition lifted by just 1 per cent to a score of 61 out of 100.
The woman behind the study believes a minimum of 70 is what’s needed to create the community and political will to build what’s needed to replace coal.
“I hope we’re at 70 within the next five years, and if we’re not at a 70 deep support score in the next five years, I feel very hard to kind of put that genie back in the bottle,” 98 Degrees East research director Rebecca Huntley said at the Australian Clean Energy Summit in Sydney today.
