Australia is generating so much solar power that it’s now giving it out for free.

As The Guardian reports, residents in three of the country’s states — New South Wales, south-east Queensland, and South Australia, representing approximately 14 million people, or roughly half of the country’s population — will be receiving at least three hours of free solar power every day, even if they don’t have panels mounted to their roofs.

The country’s federal government even helpfully suggested that Australians should use the period to use their most electricity-intensive appliances, from air conditioners to electric car chargers — a renewable energy boon that less sunny parts of the world can only dream of.

The initiative was designed to ensure that excess power during peak times doesn’t go unused

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