The next residential energy revolution is about to really kick into gear, with the value of the global smart home market expected to more than double over the next five years.

On Tuesday, Badlands National Park took to Twitter to share facts about climate change. Normally, this wouldn’t be news. National parks and the people who maintain them frequently communicate the threat climate change poses to natural resources.

A recent survey in Australia revealed 34% of respondents were considering installing solar panels and 27% are contemplating battery storage.

It was bound to happen, and apparently it has: utility-scale solar-generated power, certainly in sunny parts of the world, appears to be cheaper than wind and both are cheaper than fossil-fuel generated power – read the fine print for details of when, where and under what conditions this applies.