Solar Is Beating Out Coal in Australia, Pushing Down Emissions

  • Wind, solar are helping to lower wholesale power prices
  • Australians installing record numbers of rooftop panels

Solar panels sit on a farm in the town of Lal Lal, Victoria.

Photographer: Carla Gottgens/Bloomberg

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Record-high renewables growth is transforming Australia’s electricity landscape, pushing out coal plants and lowering prices and emissions.