New South Wales’ Sydney Markets now boasts one of Australia’s largest commercial rooftop solar arrays, with the unveiling of a new and purpose-built 640kW solar car park on Tuesday, taking the Flemington icon’s total solar capacity to just under 1MW and adding 350 new, shaded parking spaces.

Battery-maker LG Chem and inverter giant SMA have teamed up to offer a storage solution they say is tailored for residential use.

Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has long predicted the imminent end of the fossil fuel era. But it took a couple of tweets between him and another billionaire, Australia’s Mike Cannon-Brookes, on Friday to highlight just how close this is.

The Australian domestic gas industry is facing a crisis point, with a shortage of supply projected for two years time, and battery storage and renewable energy ready to provide a cheaper alternative.