Last update: 2025-06-30
Figures are estimated based on available data.
See footnotes for details of data sources, terminology and analysis.
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
For all households with solar PV:
For a typical new solar PV system (8.6 kW), conservatively:
All solar installations:
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
Hornsby | ~35.8% |
New South Wales | ~38.8% |
Hills Shire | ~45.9% |
Central Coast (C) (NSW) | ~35.6% |
Ku-ring-gai | ~30.3% |
(All time: 2001-)
(All time: 2001-)