Canberra PV Installations

Last update: 2024-09-30

Figures are estimated based on available data.

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


Total solar installations

58,867

Residential installations: 56,036

Commercial installations: 2,796

Power stations: 35


Number of houses in LGA: 154,087

Installed residential capacity: 353,376 kW

Total installed capacity: 485,627 kW

Average annual kWh generated per kW installed: 1,400 kWh/kW

Estimated annual savings

For all households with solar PV:

~$71,184,000

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

~$1,150

Annual CO2 offset

All solar installations:

488,000 tonnes

Residential: 355,000 tonnes

Commercial: 75,300 tonnes

Power stations: 57,600 tonnes


Based on estimated annual output of 679,347 MWh and 0.7181 tonnes of CO2 produced by the energy network per MWh.

Equivalent to over 151,000 cars taken off the road per year based on these calculations

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

Canberra~36.4%
Australian Capital Territory~40.1%
Northern Beaches~29.3%
Lane Cove~29.0%
City of Sydney~9.1%

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 Canberra

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Australian PV Institute