About this episode

Cameron Knox discusses the barriers and innovations in renewable energy adoption for apartment residents in Australia.

Australia's rooftop solar and battery boom has largely bypassed the millions of people who live in apartments, creating a growing energy divide between homeowners and everyone else. Allume Energy co-founder and CEO Cameron Knox explains the technical, legal and governance barriers that have kept apartment residents locked out of clean energy, and the innovations now helping to overcome them. He discusses how multiple apartments can share electricity from a single rooftop solar system, and how a new generation of battery-sharing technology could dramatically expand access to affordable renewable energy. Cameron argues that rather than being left behind in the energy transition, apartments have the potential to be at the forefront of residential renewable energy generation.

People in this episode

Guest: Cameron Knox

Topics covered

• renewable energy
• apartments
• solar power
• energy transition
• battery technology

Keywords

• rooftop solar
• battery-sharing
• clean energy
• energy divide
• residential renewable energy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Allume Energy

Places: Australia

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