Byron PV Installations

Last update: 2024-06-30

Figures are estimated based on available data.

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


Total solar installations

9,372

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

Estimated annual savings

For all households with solar PV:

~$10,017,000

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

~$1,200

Annual CO2 offset

All solar installations:

54,900 tonnes

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

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

Byron~55.0%
New South Wales~36%
Tweed (A)~62.3%
Ballina (A)~57.0%
Lismore (C)~56.6%

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 Byron

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Australian PV Institute