The Report found that renewable energy provided almost 10 per cent of Australia’s electricity in the past 12 months.

The report also found that more than half a million household solar power systems were now installed on Australian rooftops – around 35 times the amount there was just three years ago, at the end of 2008.

Kane Thornton, Clean Energy Council Director, said Australia had set a target of sourcing 20 per cent of its electricity from renewable energy such as solar, wind, bioenergy, wave and geothermal power by 2020.

“We are already starting to see a boost from the energy produced by wind farms, with wind energy supplying enough clean electricity to power the equivalent of around 900,000 homes. Wind power is the lowest-cost form of renewable energy that can be rolled out on a large scale and we expect it to play a major part in meeting Australia’s 20 per cent renewable energy target by 2020.

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“Overall, renewable energy produced enough power for more than four million homes and came at a very low cost to consumers," concluded Mr Thornton.