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Australia’s clean energy transition has been powered by people. Solar for renters is the next chapter
With the right policies, we could double rooftop solar in Australia backed by storage by 2035 and do it in a way that includes renters, not excludes them.
Heidi Lee Douglas
Feb 12, 2026
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If nuclear lost the election for the LNP, home solar and batteries won it for Labor. It’s time to double down
Peter Dutton declared the 2025 federal election a “referendum on energy.” But in his own electorate, solar households had already cast their vote.
Heidi Lee Douglas
May 15, 2025
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Solar doesn’t need a toxic “friendship” with nuclear power
Solar would not happily co-exist in a toxic “frenemy” relationship with nuclear. Instead, we urgently need a great Aussie marriage of home solar with home batteries.
Heidi Lee Douglas
Jul 26, 2024
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