Ku-ring-gai PV Installations

Last update: 2024-09-30

Figures are estimated based on available data.

See footnotes for details of data sources, terminology and analysis.


Total solar installations

10,034

Residential installations: 9,375

Commercial installations: 655

Power stations: 4


Number of houses in LGA: 33,291

Installed residential capacity: 63,380 kW

Total installed capacity: 78,443 kW

Average annual kWh generated per kW installed: 1,220 kWh/kW

Estimated annual savings

For all households with solar PV:

~$13,012,000

For a typical new solar PV system (7 kW), conservatively:

~$1,150

Annual CO2 offset

All solar installations:

68,500 tonnes

Residential: 55,400 tonnes

Commercial: 12,300 tonnes

Power stations: 887 tonnes


Based on estimated annual output of 95,408 MWh and 0.7181 tonnes of CO2 produced by the energy network per MWh.

Equivalent to over 21,000 cars taken off the road per year based on these calculations

LGA residential PV density benchmarking (Proportion of houses with PV)

Ku-ring-gai~28.2%
New South Wales~36.8%
Hornsby~33.6%
Northern Beaches~29.3%
Ryde~24.6%

PV System Installations

(All time: 2001-)

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PV System Capacities

(All time: 2001-)

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PV System Installations and Capacities

SunSPoT Solar Assessments in Ku-ring-gai

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Australian PV Institute