Noosa (S) PV Installations

Last update: 2025-12-31

Figures are estimated based on available data.

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


Total solar installations

17,293

Residential installations: 16,317

Commercial installations: 973

Power stations: 3


Number of houses in LGA: 25,959

Installed residential capacity: 87,463 kW

Total installed capacity: 110,576 kW

Average annual kWh generated per kW installed: 1,440 kWh/kW

Estimated annual savings

For all households with solar PV:

~$19,008,000

For a typical new solar PV system (8.6 kW), conservatively:

~$1,600

Annual CO2 offset

All solar installations:

127,000 tonnes

Residential: 100,000 tonnes

Commercial: 25,700 tonnes

Power stations: 799 tonnes


Based on estimated annual output of 159,532 MWh and 0.795 tonnes of CO2 produced by the energy network per MWh.

Equivalent to over 39,000 cars taken off the road per year based on these calculations

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

Noosa (S)~62.9%
Queensland~55.4%

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 Noosa (S)

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Australian PV Institute