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http://reneweconomy.com.au/2014/one-in-5-of-all-australian-households-now-using-solar-32056

[font face=Serif][font size=5]One in 5 of all Australian households now using solar[/font]

04. December 2014

[font size=4]One out of every five Australian households are turning to solar energy for their electricity or hot water, new data has revealed.[/font]

[font size=3]The Australian Bureau of Statistic reports that its latest figures show that 19 per cent of households nationally now currently either rooftop solar panels or solar powered hot water systems – up from about 5 per cent back in 2011, when the ABS first started publishing statistics on solar.

Of the 19 per cent, 14 per cent of these households have rooftop PV, according to the ABS’s Karen Connaughton.

“Add in solar hot water heating and we’re up to 19 per cent, so one in five households are now using some form of solar power.”

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