Australian households and businesses are installing rooftop solar PV at a rate not seen since 2012, according to the latest data from industry analysts SunWiz.

The Clean Energy Council (CEC) says Queensland’s commitment to a 50 per cent target for renewable energy by 2030 means more jobs, lower prices.

Renewable energy capacity last saw its largest annual increase ever, 10 gigawatts (GW) of new generation installed worldwide.

When Australia’s biggest horticulture company, Costa Group, last week revealed plans to build its own solar and storage plant as part of a major company expansion, it caught media attention as the latest big industrial – see Sun Metals, Tesltra – to take power supply, and costs, into their own hands.