Australia wants to compete with China on solar panels. Nearly one in three Australian homes is equipped with solar panels but less than 1% of them are manufactured in Australia.
A reality that the government wants to change, which has just announced a plan to support the manufacturing of solar panel. The country's main brewer, Carlton & United Breweries (owned by the Japanese Asahi), has offered its customers the opportunity to exchange their excess electricity, produced using solar energy, for packs of beer from its most popular brand.