Bathurst Regional (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

7,370

Residential installations: 6,925

Commercial installations: 441

Power stations: 4


Number of houses in LGA: 18,291

Installed residential capacity: 41,231 kW

Total installed capacity: 56,015 kW

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

Estimated annual savings

For all households with solar PV:

~$9,925,000

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

~$1,400

Annual CO2 offset

All solar installations:

54,400 tonnes

Residential: 40,000 tonnes

Commercial: 11,700 tonnes

Power stations: 2,620 tonnes


Based on estimated annual output of 73,449 MWh and 0.74 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)

Bathurst Regional (A)~37.9%
New South Wales~38.3%
Blayney (A)~39.4%
Oberon (A)~32.0%
Lithgow (C)~31.7%

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 Bathurst Regional (A)

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Australian PV Institute