Canberra PV Installations

Last update: 2025-12-31

Figures are estimated based on available data.

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


Total solar installations

64,875

Residential installations: 61,278

Commercial installations: 3,558

Power stations: 39


Number of houses in LGA:

Installed residential capacity: 399,404 kW

Total installed capacity: 551,944 kW

Average annual kWh generated per kW installed: 1,340 kWh/kW

Estimated annual savings

For all households with solar PV:

~$72,754,000

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

~$1,300

Annual CO2 offset

All solar installations:

429,000 tonnes

Residential: 310,000 tonnes

Commercial: 73,100 tonnes

Power stations: 45,400 tonnes


Based on estimated annual output of 741,878 MWh and 0.578 tonnes of CO2 produced by the energy network per MWh.

Equivalent to over 132,000 cars taken off the road per year based on these calculations

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

Canberra~Infinity%
Australian Capital Territory~43.2%
City of Sydney~Infinity%
Northern Beaches~Infinity%
Lane Cove~Infinity%

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