Bathurst Regional (A) 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

7,748

Residential installations: 7,253

Commercial installations: 489

Power stations: 6


Number of houses in LGA: 18,432

Installed residential capacity: 44,090 kW

Total installed capacity: 60,886 kW

Average annual kWh generated per kW installed: 1,520 kWh/kW

Estimated annual savings

For all households with solar PV:

~$9,590,000

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

~$1,550

Annual CO2 offset

All solar installations:

53,600 tonnes

Residential: 38,800 tonnes

Commercial: 11,500 tonnes

Power stations: 3,240 tonnes


Based on estimated annual output of 92,735 MWh and 0.578 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)~39.4%
New South Wales~39.8%
Blayney (A)~41.3%
Oberon (A)~33.0%
Lithgow (C)~32.9%

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