Last update: 2023-12-31
Figures are estimated based on available data.
See footnotes for details of data sources, terminology and analysis.
Residential installations: 45,155
Commercial installations: 10,050
Power stations: 31
Number of houses in LGA: 152,503
Installed residential capacity: 233,770 kW
Total installed capacity: 445,625 kW
Average annual kWh generated per kW installed: 1,400 kWh/kW
For all households with solar PV:
For a typical new solar PV system (7 kW), conservatively:
All solar installations:
Residential: 235,000 tonnes
Commercial: 156,000 tonnes
Power stations: 56,800 tonnes
Based on estimated annual output of 623,388 MWh and 0.7181 tonnes of CO2 produced by the energy network per MWh.
Equivalent to over 138,000 cars taken off the road per year based on these calculations
Canberra | ~29.6% |
Australian Capital Territory | ~32.5% |
Northern Beaches | ~23.0% |
Lane Cove | ~22.7% |
City of Sydney | ~7.9% |
(All time: 2001-)
(All time: 2001-)