Canberra PV Installations

Last update: 2023-12-31

Figures are estimated based on available data.

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


Total solar installations

55,236

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

Estimated annual savings

For all households with solar PV:

~$46,424,000

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

~$1,100

Annual CO2 offset

All solar installations:

448,000 tonnes

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

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

Canberra~29.6%
Australian Capital Territory~32.5%
Northern Beaches~23.0%
Lane Cove~22.7%
City of Sydney~7.9%

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 Canberra

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Australian PV Institute