Bellingen (A) PV Installations

Last update: 2025-03-31

Figures are estimated based on available data.

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


Total solar installations

3,427

Residential installations: 3,318

Commercial installations: 109

Power stations: 0


Number of houses in LGA: 6,318

Installed residential capacity: 15,770 kW

Total installed capacity: 18,611 kW

Average annual kWh generated per kW installed: 1,310 kWh/kW

Estimated annual savings

For all households with solar PV:

~$3,796,000

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

~$1,400

Annual CO2 offset

All solar installations:

18,100 tonnes

Residential: 15,300 tonnes

Commercial: 2,760 tonnes

Power stations: -0.00000000000276 tonnes


Based on estimated annual output of 24,403 MWh and 0.74 tonnes of CO2 produced by the energy network per MWh.

Equivalent to over 5,000 cars taken off the road per year based on these calculations

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

Bellingen (A)~52.5%
New South Wales~38.3%
Byron~57.4%
Nambucca (A)~50.3%
Kempsey (A)~49.1%

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 Bellingen (A)

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Australian PV Institute