Rooftop solar poised to become Australia's biggest power source amid coal's demise

Rooftop solar is poised to overtake coal as Australia's biggest source of generation capacity, as the rapid pace of new installations accelerates the decline of fossil fuel-fired power.

A new report from industry group SunWiz shows there is now more than 20,000 megawatts of small-scale solar capacity installed on household and business roofs across the country.

The lobby forecasts rooftop solar to eclipse the generating capacity of coal-fired power in April, when energy giant AGL is scheduled to close the remaining units at its 2,000MW Liddell coal plant in New South Wales.

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