Last update: 2024-06-30
Figures are estimated based on available data.
See footnotes for details of data sources, terminology and analysis.
Residential installations: 8,814
Commercial installations: 556
Power stations: 2
Number of houses in LGA: 16,025
Installed residential capacity: 45,382 kW
Total installed capacity: 58,458 kW
Average annual kWh generated per kW installed: 1,310 kWh/kW
For all households with solar PV:
For a typical new solar PV system (7 kW), conservatively:
All solar installations:
Residential: 42,600 tonnes
Commercial: 11,900 tonnes
Power stations: 334 tonnes
Based on estimated annual output of 76,439 MWh and 0.7181 tonnes of CO2 produced by the energy network per MWh.
Equivalent to over 16,000 cars taken off the road per year based on these calculations
Byron | ~55.0% |
New South Wales | ~36% |
Tweed (A) | ~62.3% |
Ballina (A) | ~57.0% |
Lismore (C) | ~56.6% |
(All time: 2001-)
(All time: 2001-)