Hornsby PV Installations

Last update: 2025-06-30

Figures are estimated based on available data.

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


Total solar installations

16,272

Residential installations: 15,334

Commercial installations: 930

Power stations: 8


Number of houses in LGA: 42,801

Installed residential capacity: 95,608 kW

Total installed capacity: 121,302 kW

Average annual kWh generated per kW installed: 1,420 kWh/kW

Estimated annual savings

For all households with solar PV:

~$19,399,000

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

~$1,400

Annual CO2 offset

All solar installations:

99,600 tonnes

Residential: 78,500 tonnes

Commercial: 18,800 tonnes

Power stations: 2,290 tonnes


Based on estimated annual output of 172,348 MWh and 0.5778 tonnes of CO2 produced by the energy network per MWh.

Equivalent to over 30,000 cars taken off the road per year based on these calculations

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

Hornsby~35.8%
New South Wales~38.8%
Hills Shire~45.9%
Central Coast (C) (NSW)~35.6%
Ku-ring-gai~30.3%

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 Hornsby

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Australian PV Institute