Solar Citizens

Take a tour of the COP30 blue and green zones with our CEO Heidi Lee Douglas #cop30 #cleanenergy #rooftopsolar

Solar Citizens welcomes the breakthrough on COP31 to be hosted by Turkiye and Australia to hold the Presidency with a Pre-COP to be held in the Pacific - providing a platform for Australia to lead on climate solutions and urge support for the Pacific Resilience Fund and elevate the region’s priorities for adaptation, equity and survival. "At COP31, Australia can lead by committing domestically to doubling rooftop solar backed by storage by 2035, by expanding solar for renters, scaling commercial and industrial solar and storage, and sharing that cheap clean energy to apartments in Urban Renewable Energy Zones" said Solar Citizens CEO Heidi Lee Douglas - https://bit.ly/4i9FzgT

Heidi, Charlie and Sunny - our team at the #COP30 climate conference in Brazil - flashback to Day3 last week. Watch our Raise the Roof presentation - https://ow.ly/p2w950Xup8q

Great explainer in The Guardian on #BAM - the Belem Action Mechanism for a #JustTransition to ensure the move to clean energy benefits all workers and communities. On Tuesday at #COP30 G77 countries and China - representing 80% of the world/s population, supported a unified call for a 'just transition mechanism'. https://bit.ly/GuardianBAM

Our mascot Sunny joined the biggest people's protest march at a COP #climateconference since COP26 in Glasgow 4 years ago - they had a superb time! Marching and dancing in solidarity with #FirstNations people and for a #JustTransition. #COP31 #Belem Read more - https://lnkd.in/gdiQYivR

Solar Citizens CEO Heidi chats with Basit from Renewables First in Pakistan at #COP30 about the amazing rooftop #solar revolution that's swept the country. Sign our petition for a Rooftop Solar Pledge https://lnkd.in/gPRe7TEJ

Minister for Climate Change & Energy, Chris Bowen MP addresses the international Climate Conference #COP30, Brazil - advocating for Australia with Pacific partners to host #COP31

Sunny visits the #Turkiye and #Australian pavilions at #COP30 in Belem, Brazil and wonders - Who will host #COP31?

Climate & Energy Minister Chris Bowen MP addresses #COP30 Brazil: "Our domestic uptake and rollout of renewables continues at speed. In September, for the first time, Australia's two #renewables overtook coal as our largest source of energy in our national #energy market. More than one third of Australian homes have #solar panels on their roof. Some of those install panels because they want to address climate change, but most of them do because what's good for the planet is also good for your pocket. We have so much solar now that we're introducing SolarShare, a retail offer including three hours of free power in the middle of the day even for households without panels. And over 125,000 households have now installed #batteries since the 1st of July thanks to our #CheaperHomeBatteries program. That's 1,000 households each and every day installing a battery. With a solar panel on the roof and a battery in the garage, households can decide what they do with their energy. It is clear we are in a decade of #electrification. Australia knows and the world knows. A transition to a cleaner, cheaper, more reliable grid is good for emissions, good for energy security, and good economics. Friends, we are less than 50 months away now from 2030. And if there's one region that's been leading the drive for collective climate action, courage and conviction is epicyclic. That's why if Australia hosts #COP31, you will be in partnership with the #Pacific. In hosting COP 31, we want to bring the world to our region to see the impacts of climate change and bring the world's best innovators and businesses to invest in solutions.

Examining the evidence on Australian electricity prices - the path to reducing energy costs is to support more people to get access to rooftop #solar and #batteries - full article https://ow.ly/f1c350XsxuG