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title: Rooftop solar uptake is on track for another record year
description: Rooftop solar is on track for another near-record year, however this growth contrasts with a sharp slowdown in new investments for large-scale solar farms.
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# Rooftop solar uptake is on track for another record year
Thursday, 13 July 2023
Rooftop solar is on track for another near-record annual installation tally as households seek to beat rising power prices, yet this growth is in contrast with a sharp slowdown in new investments for large-scale solar farms in recent years. Data group Rystad Energy attributes this to supply chain issues, transmission project delays and a lack of backup storage capacity.
Amid new warnings of drought and bushfire conditions heading to Australia, a former Liberal MP is warning that the government must urgently conduct hazard reduction burns. Many in the NSW south coast are still building back what they lost during the 2019 bushfires, with fears bushland is “drying off” and becoming a tinderbox for tragedy to strike yet again.
And climate change is having such an impact on our planet that some scientists think it's time to declare a new geological epoch, named the Anthropocene Epoch.
**Top stories:**
[Australia nearing record amount of solar panel uptake to beat rising power prices, analysts say](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/12/australia-nearing-record-amount-of-solar-panel-uptake-to-beat-rising-power-prices-analysts-say)
Rooftop solar is on track for another near-record annual installation tally as households seek to beat rising power prices.
[Fears Black Summer 2.0 is set to ignite across the country](https://app.meltwater.com/mwTransition?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.news.com.au%2Fnational%2Ffears-black-summer-20-is-set-to-ignite-across-the-country%2Fnews-story%2Feaa47bd3c859bfa5a8e9e048c77af3ac&urlCategories=newsLtd&analytics=false&documentId=6nD3fW1OiqYjUyU35_4FwOAD6Zo&transitionToken=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJob3N0bmFtZSI6Ind3dy5uZXdzLmNvbS5hdSJ9._9eIk96tIPNTjXwzMngn8CFnjBniEWEG71sNjH2GiqhhnqHvoch0hnhg2EgYcYnFoZnfeMpFAgXVacvMtxi1Pg)
A former Liberal MP has warned the government must urgently conduct hazard reduction burns – with fears bushland is “drying off” and becoming a tinderbox.
[Scientists say we're in a new humans induced geological epoch, the Anthropocene](https://app.meltwater.com/mwTransition?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fradio%2Fprograms%2Fpm%2Fanthropocene%2F102594744&urlCategories=newsLtd&analytics=false&documentId=Dh59ItKHQJPrqYwywnnczRjq3tE&transitionToken=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJob3N0bmFtZSI6Ind3dy5hYmMubmV0LmF1In0.G6KfJQf9DTg3BPfDRnL8aNk-KGOfbZc12czKSTcqj9BstN0qGFyj-TGroGNT_097qH1_WRMtfq5v4vGs7BrXgQ)
Climate change is having such an impact on our planet that some scientists think it's time to declare a new geological epoch.
[Australia's second official offshore wind zone announced for NSW Hunter coast](https://app.meltwater.com/mwTransition?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2023-07-12%2Fsecond-offshore-wind-zone-announced-for-australia%2F102590380&urlCategories=newsLtd&analytics=false&documentId=eYNqeu56qI535Em-IlFs0cUqnQI&transitionToken=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJob3N0bmFtZSI6Ind3dy5hYmMubmV0LmF1In0.G6KfJQf9DTg3BPfDRnL8aNk-KGOfbZc12czKSTcqj9BstN0qGFyj-TGroGNT_097qH1_WRMtfq5v4vGs7BrXgQ)
The federal government has declared another offshore wind zone for Australia, off the New South Wales Hunter coast.
[Environment Victoria says Murray-Darling Basin Plan buybacks key to saving 140 species](https://app.meltwater.com/mwTransition?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fmelbourne%2Fprograms%2Fmornings%2Fenvironment-victoria-murray-darling-basin-plan-extinction-report%2F102591924&urlCategories=newsLtd&analytics=false&documentId=U-lz7IIdr3TBBniHWjxAeRGsluA&transitionToken=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJob3N0bmFtZSI6Ind3dy5hYmMubmV0LmF1In0.G6KfJQf9DTg3BPfDRnL8aNk-KGOfbZc12czKSTcqj9BstN0qGFyj-TGroGNT_097qH1_WRMtfq5v4vGs7BrXgQ)
Environment Victoria has commissioned the Australian National University to take "stocktake" of how many species are at risk of extinction in Victoria under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
[White humpback whale calf sighted with mother at Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef](https://app.meltwater.com/mwTransition?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.abc.net.au%2Fnews%2F2023-07-12%2Fwhite-humpback-whale-calf-sighted-at-ningaloo-reef%2F102589296&urlCategories=newsLtd&analytics=false&documentId=JHGFITHOuxfpU5kmnYgkTJFSKm8&transitionToken=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJob3N0bmFtZSI6Ind3dy5hYmMubmV0LmF1In0.G6KfJQf9DTg3BPfDRnL8aNk-KGOfbZc12czKSTcqj9BstN0qGFyj-TGroGNT_097qH1_WRMtfq5v4vGs7BrXgQ)
A rare white humpback whale calf has been spotted at Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia, but whether it is a true albino or not is yet to be determined.
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