Australia to offer three hours free solar per day to millions


  • World
  • Tuesday, 04 Nov 2025

Solar panels are seen on the roof of a residential property in Sydney, Australia, March 12, 2025. REUTERS/Hollie Adams

PERTH (Reuters) -Australia will offer at least three hours of free solar power every day to households including those without solar panels under an energy-saving programme that is expected to go live in 2026, energy minister Chris Bowen said on Tuesday.

The Solar Sharer programme will begin in the states of New South Wales and South Australia as well as southeast Queensland before it is expanded elsewhere.

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