From 1 April 2001 to 31 December 2012, more than 1,731,300 small-scale installations created certificates in the REC Registry and were validated by the Clean Energy Regulator.
Of these, more than 76,161 solar water heater (SWH) and 333,094 small-scale solar panel, wind and hydro (referred to as SGUs) installations created valid certificates between 1 January 2012 and 31 December 2012. Of the SGU installations, solar panels make up 99 per cent of the installations followed by wind (0.01 per cent).
During 2012:
- Approximately 4,900 SWH installations were installed each month compared to approximately 8,750 per month in 2011.
- Approximately 26,000 SGU installations were installed each month compared to approximately 30,000 per month in 2011.
Graph 4: Number of certificates validated for solar hot water and heat pump installations 2009–2012
The graph below represents valid certificates created by the two solar water heater types (solar and heat pump). Solar hot water systems accounted for 84 per cent of certificates deemed in 2012, followed by heat pump water heaters which equated to 16 per cent of all certificates respectively.*
|
Row Labels
|
Solar Water Heater (SWH) - Air Sourced Heat Pump
|
Solar Water Heater (SWH) - Solar
|
Grand Total
|
|---|
|
2009
|
3,980,705
|
3,890,594
|
7,871,299
|
|
Jan 2009
|
259,170
|
143,510
|
402,680
|
|
Feb 2009
|
209,495
|
205,240
|
414,735
|
|
Mar 2009
|
255,143
|
290,178
|
545,321
|
|
Apr 2009
|
295,217
|
299,110
|
594,327
|
|
May 2009
|
424,409
|
389,570
|
813,979
|
|
Jun 2009
|
524,033
|
436,464
|
960,497
|
|
Jul 2009
|
554,941
|
401,545
|
956,486
|
|
Aug 2009
|
414,438
|
332,276
|
746,714
|
|
Sep 2009
|
360,266
|
357,069
|
717,335
|
|
Oct 2009
|
289,296
|
358,674
|
647,970
|
|
Nov 2009
|
185,258
|
352,320
|
537,578
|
|
Dec 2009
|
209,039
|
324,638
|
533,677
|
|
2010
|
1,149,761
|
3,124,545
|
4,274,306
|
|
Jan 2010
|
68,922
|
260,312
|
329,234
|
|
Feb 2010
|
65,403
|
283,218
|
348,621
|
|
Mar 2010
|
83,570
|
277,827
|
361,397
|
|
Apr 2010
|
102,896
|
224,317
|
327,213
|
|
May 2010
|
109,061
|
278,686
|
387,747
|
|
Jun 2010
|
173,617
|
298,135
|
471,752
|
|
Jul 2010
|
78,398
|
281,031
|
359,429
|
|
Aug 2010
|
85,923
|
265,457
|
351,380
|
|
Sep 2010
|
71,826
|
255,210
|
327,036
|
|
Oct 2010
|
61,528
|
240,292
|
301,820
|
|
Nov 2010
|
102,449
|
256,014
|
358,463
|
|
Dec 2010
|
146,168
|
204,046
|
350,214
|
|
2011
|
545,878
|
2,575,558
|
3,121,436
|
|
Jan 2011
|
31,809
|
163,221
|
195,030
|
|
Feb 2011
|
43,596
|
208,077
|
251,673
|
|
Mar 2011
|
53,673
|
256,479
|
310,152
|
|
Apr 2011
|
43,915
|
225,504
|
269,419
|
|
May 2011
|
53,688
|
258,093
|
311,781
|
|
Jun 2011
|
60,863
|
315,781
|
376,644
|
|
Jul 2011
|
49,065
|
196,602
|
245,667
|
|
Aug 2011
|
47,411
|
215,621
|
263,032
|
|
Sep 2011
|
47,849
|
199,958
|
247,807
|
|
Oct 2011
|
40,327
|
219,491
|
259,818
|
|
Nov 2011
|
39,189
|
164,070
|
203,259
|
|
Dec 2011
|
34,493
|
152,661
|
187,154
|
|
2012
|
274,413
|
1,428,352
|
1,702,765
|
|
Jan 2012
|
25,529
|
101,117
|
126,646
|
|
Feb 2012
|
35,468
|
152,806
|
188,274
|
|
Mar 2012
|
29,744
|
144,345
|
174,089
|
|
Apr 2012
|
29,113
|
118,916
|
148,029
|
|
May 2012
|
35,076
|
153,763
|
188,839
|
|
Jun 2012
|
25,286
|
138,394
|
163,680
|
|
Jul 2012
|
22,408
|
124,361
|
146,769
|
|
Aug 2012
|
21,975
|
122,669
|
144,644
|
|
Sep 2012
|
18,155
|
107,734
|
125,889
|
|
Oct 2012
|
14,661
|
110,718
|
125,379
|
|
Nov 2012
|
12,323
|
103,104
|
115,427
|
|
Dec 2012
|
4,675
|
50,425
|
55,100
|
|
Grand Total
|
5,950,757
|
11,019,049
|
16,969,806
|
Graph 5: Small generation units and Solar Credits 2009–2012
The graph below represents valid certificates created by small-scale solar panel, wind and hydro systems (referred to as SGUs). The total number of SGUs installed in 2012 was 314,312. Of these around 95 per cent, or 299,462 systems received Solar Credits.*
|
|
Installation Date
|
SGUs without solar credits
|
SGUs received solar credits
|
STCs validated without solar credits
|
STCs validated received solar credits
|
|---|
|
Jan 2009
|
2,173
| |
55,052
| |
|
Feb 2009
|
2,994
| |
75,269
| |
|
Mar 2009
|
3,581
| |
93,202
| |
|
Apr 2009
|
3,433
| |
89,980
| |
|
May 2009
|
4,088
| |
106,094
| |
|
Jun 2009
|
4,315
|
38
|
108,775
|
5,649
|
|
Jul 2009
|
4,995
|
177
|
123,558
|
24,142
|
|
Aug 2009
|
5,309
|
419
|
132,250
|
53,799
|
|
Sep 2009
|
5,035
|
1,242
|
130,192
|
176,760
|
|
Oct 2009
|
6,130
|
1,692
|
153,991
|
250,266
|
|
Nov 2009
|
7,524
|
1,757
|
192,745
|
260,931
|
|
Dec 2009
|
5,996
|
2,081
|
160,958
|
313,407
|
|
Jan 2010
|
6,095
|
2,314
|
150,537
|
353,125
|
|
Feb 2010
|
6,911
|
3,390
|
173,210
|
535,406
|
|
Mar 2010
|
7,846
|
5,396
|
205,130
|
861,745
|
|
Apr 2010
|
6,563
|
6,866
|
168,864
|
1,103,219
|
|
May 2010
|
7,399
|
9,300
|
187,130
|
1,496,191
|
|
Jun 2010
|
6,712
|
11,464
|
177,694
|
1,881,887
|
|
Jul 2010
|
2,645
|
14,180
|
82,900
|
2,324,320
|
|
Aug 2010
|
957
|
16,442
|
39,849
|
2,706,835
|
|
Sep 2010
|
758
|
18,271
|
38,150
|
3,017,935
|
|
Oct 2010
|
697
|
20,481
|
34,012
|
3,376,478
|
|
Nov 2010
|
738
|
24,253
|
48,123
|
4,009,899
|
|
Dec 2010
|
507
|
18,162
|
28,357
|
2,999,410
|
|
Jan 2011
|
556
|
24,915
|
34,781
|
4,178,263
|
|
Feb 2011
|
572
|
28,293
|
35,569
|
4,711,849
|
|
Mar 2011
|
691
|
34,844
|
39,587
|
5,811,296
|
|
Apr 2011
|
534
|
32,649
|
39,831
|
5,461,268
|
|
May 2011
|
627
|
49,668
|
65,945
|
8,313,704
|
|
Jun 2011
|
827
|
68,043
|
114,790
|
11,488,865
|
|
Jul 2011
|
983
|
21,237
|
54,891
|
2,471,606
|
|
Aug 2011
|
1,273
|
20,854
|
51,546
|
2,424,927
|
|
Sep 2011
|
2,063
|
22,815
|
86,944
|
2,664,844
|
|
Oct 2011
|
1,259
|
15,411
|
51,972
|
1,812,177
|
|
Nov 2011
|
2,065
|
16,014
|
71,273
|
1,900,160
|
|
Dec 2011
|
980
|
13,610
|
42,012
|
1,597,295
|
|
Jan 2012
|
735
|
12,260
|
32,245
|
1,409,860
|
|
Feb 2012
|
1,048
|
18,396
|
47,900
|
2,080,764
|
|
Mar 2012
|
1,013
|
22,338
|
52,453
|
2,525,265
|
|
Apr 2012
|
943
|
25,177
|
51,571
|
2,860,123
|
|
May 2012
|
1,216
|
41,251
|
71,775
|
4,778,924
|
|
Jun 2012
|
1,116
|
55,616
|
83,345
|
6,687,018
|
|
Jul 2012
|
1,226
|
23,515
|
58,032
|
2,148,064
|
|
Aug 2012
|
1,542
|
24,887
|
68,303
|
2,338,419
|
|
Sep 2012
|
1,633
|
24,381
|
73,286
|
2,353,888
|
|
Oct 2012
|
1,912
|
18,446
|
79,388
|
1,799,306
|
|
Nov 2012
|
1,818
|
16,868
|
73,228
|
1,657,824
|
|
Dec 2012
|
648
|
16,327
|
30,509
|
1,616,857
|
Graph 6: Small generation wind and hydro systems 2009–2012 activity
The graph below represents the number of systems installed against the number of certificates validated. Solar panel systems were the most popular SGU installed during 2012, followed by wind systems with seven systems installed, receiving 266 certificates.*
|
Installation Date
|
Installs - Hydro
|
Installs - Wind
|
STCs validated - Hydro
|
STCs validated - Wind
|
|---|
|
Jan 2009
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
46
|
|
Feb 2009
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
25
|
|
Mar 2009
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
45
|
|
Apr 2009
|
1
|
3
|
9
|
68
|
|
May 2009
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
66
|
|
Jun 2009
|
1
|
7
|
19
|
73
|
|
Jul 2009
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
19
|
|
Aug 2009
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
42
|
|
Sep 2009
|
2
|
7
|
56
|
118
|
|
Oct 2009
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
89
|
|
Nov 2009
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
25
|
|
Dec 2009
|
1
|
7
|
36
|
452
|
|
Jan 2010
|
1
|
10
|
9
|
441
|
|
Feb 2010
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
102
|
|
Mar 2010
|
1
|
13
|
19
|
1246
|
|
Apr 2010
|
1
|
15
|
3
|
1304
|
|
May 2010
|
0
|
13
|
0
|
1771
|
|
Jun 2010
|
0
|
16
|
0
|
2076
|
|
Jul 2010
|
0
|
17
|
0
|
1840
|
|
Aug 2010
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
818
|
|
Sep 2010
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
496
|
|
Oct 2010
|
0
|
8
|
0
|
744
|
|
Nov 2010
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
545
|
|
Dec 2010
|
0
|
15
|
0
|
1510
|
|
Jan 2011
|
0
|
5
|
0
|
617
|
|
Feb 2011
|
0
|
15
|
0
|
1806
|
|
Mar 2011
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
1064
|
|
Apr 2011
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
464
|
|
May 2011
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
712
|
|
Jun 2011
|
1
|
2
|
405
|
57
|
|
Jul 2011
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Aug 2011
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Sep 2011
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
27
|
|
Oct 2011
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
19
|
|
Nov 2011
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
9
|
|
Dec 2011
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Jan 2012
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
21
|
|
Feb 2012
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
14
|
|
Mar 2012
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Apr 2012
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
May 2012
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
14
|
|
Jun 2012
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Jul 2012
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Aug 2012
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
189
|
|
Sep 2012
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
28
|
|
Oct 2012
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Nov 2012
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
Dec 2012
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Graph 7: Solar panel installations by state 2009–2012
The graph below represents the number of solar panel installations registered by state. The greatest number of solar panel installations in 2012 was in Queensland (38 per cent) followed by Victoria (19 per cent) and New South Wales at (15 per cent).*
|
Row Labels
|
NT
|
ACT
|
TAS
|
SA
|
WA
|
VIC
|
QLD
|
NSW
|
Grand Total
|
|---|
|
Jan 2009
|
10
|
22
|
32
|
421
|
396
|
296
|
544
|
449
|
2,170
|
|
Feb 2009
|
17
|
35
|
19
|
544
|
524
|
515
|
710
|
626
|
2,990
|
|
Mar 2009
|
16
|
25
|
39
|
612
|
654
|
451
|
1,010
|
766
|
3,573
|
|
Apr 2009
|
6
|
51
|
32
|
598
|
655
|
376
|
933
|
778
|
3,429
|
|
May 2009
|
8
|
32
|
33
|
680
|
873
|
563
|
994
|
899
|
4,082
|
|
Jun 2009
|
5
|
47
|
37
|
525
|
786
|
464
|
1,547
|
934
|
4,345
|
|
Jul 2009
|
16
|
30
|
61
|
613
|
893
|
649
|
1,853
|
1,054
|
5,169
|
|
Aug 2009
|
15
|
98
|
186
|
731
|
935
|
749
|
1,616
|
1,394
|
5,724
|
|
Sep 2009
|
22
|
119
|
266
|
703
|
834
|
957
|
1,702
|
1,665
|
6,268
|
|
Oct 2009
|
21
|
130
|
301
|
1,092
|
1,355
|
1,017
|
2,234
|
1,668
|
7,818
|
|
Nov 2009
|
52
|
120
|
253
|
1,165
|
1,717
|
1,093
|
2,847
|
2,032
|
9,279
|
|
Dec 2009
|
27
|
94
|
193
|
885
|
1,535
|
1,299
|
2,293
|
1,743
|
8,069
|
|
Jan 2010
|
28
|
88
|
198
|
784
|
1,509
|
1,948
|
2,141
|
1,702
|
8,398
|
|
Feb 2010
|
64
|
145
|
174
|
905
|
1,571
|
2,625
|
2,523
|
2,288
|
10,295
|
|
Mar 2010
|
68
|
196
|
234
|
1,005
|
2,013
|
3,488
|
3,074
|
3,150
|
13,228
|
|
Apr 2010
|
69
|
277
|
271
|
1,170
|
1,682
|
3,347
|
3,048
|
3,549
|
13,413
|
|
May 2010
|
67
|
236
|
238
|
1,463
|
2,049
|
4,352
|
3,632
|
4,649
|
16,686
|
|
Jun 2010
|
69
|
321
|
257
|
1,323
|
1,921
|
3,592
|
4,634
|
6,043
|
18,160
|
|
Jul 2010
|
58
|
150
|
86
|
1,149
|
1,946
|
2,441
|
4,301
|
6,677
|
16,808
|
|
Aug 2010
|
43
|
159
|
52
|
1,275
|
1,982
|
2,088
|
4,663
|
7,128
|
17,390
|
|
Sep 2010
|
81
|
146
|
87
|
1,613
|
1,758
|
2,620
|
4,597
|
8,120
|
19,022
|
|
Oct 2010
|
43
|
175
|
94
|
1,673
|
1,944
|
2,949
|
5,090
|
9,202
|
21,170
|
|
Nov 2010
|
28
|
208
|
119
|
2,248
|
2,190
|
3,350
|
6,339
|
10,502
|
24,984
|
|
Dec 2010
|
19
|
222
|
79
|
2,097
|
1,728
|
2,876
|
4,655
|
6,978
|
18,654
|
|
Jan 2011
|
11
|
264
|
110
|
2,575
|
3,049
|
3,278
|
4,784
|
11,395
|
25,466
|
|
Feb 2011
|
1
|
447
|
175
|
3,444
|
3,446
|
4,014
|
6,513
|
10,810
|
28,850
|
|
Mar 2011
|
31
|
594
|
180
|
4,574
|
4,329
|
5,547
|
8,790
|
11,483
|
35,528
|
|
Apr 2011
|
48
|
623
|
191
|
4,670
|
4,371
|
5,379
|
8,446
|
9,451
|
33,179
|
|
May 2011
|
56
|
1,384
|
354
|
6,671
|
7,134
|
8,137
|
14,567
|
11,986
|
50,289
|
|
Jun 2011
|
117
|
2,311
|
586
|
9,603
|
9,516
|
12,150
|
20,467
|
14,117
|
68,867
|
|
Jul 2011
|
27
|
405
|
169
|
4,926
|
4,252
|
3,889
|
6,664
|
1,888
|
22,220
|
|
Aug 2011
|
18
|
337
|
144
|
5,380
|
4,722
|
4,426
|
5,410
|
1,690
|
22,127
|
|
Sep 2011
|
31
|
207
|
142
|
6,611
|
4,613
|
6,886
|
4,799
|
1,586
|
24,875
|
|
Oct 2011
|
22
|
137
|
151
|
6,311
|
2,062
|
1,546
|
4,679
|
1,761
|
16,669
|
|
Nov 2011
|
18
|
81
|
164
|
5,518
|
2,084
|
2,620
|
5,470
|
2,123
|
18,078
|
|
Dec 2011
|
21
|
70
|
109
|
3,269
|
2,089
|
2,342
|
4,710
|
1,980
|
14,590
|
|
Jan 2012
|
16
|
37
|
134
|
2,576
|
1,955
|
2,227
|
4,443
|
1,606
|
12,994
|
|
Feb 2012
|
23
|
68
|
297
|
2,665
|
3,083
|
3,738
|
7,260
|
2,309
|
19,443
|
|
Mar 2012
|
27
|
123
|
341
|
2,788
|
3,538
|
4,845
|
8,527
|
3,162
|
23,351
|
|
Apr 2012
|
18
|
101
|
445
|
3,076
|
3,713
|
5,641
|
9,608
|
3,518
|
26,120
|
|
May 2012
|
114
|
170
|
701
|
5,395
|
5,468
|
8,556
|
14,913
|
7,149
|
42,466
|
|
Jun 2012
|
76
|
290
|
967
|
7,389
|
6,662
|
10,495
|
19,379
|
11,474
|
56,732
|
|
Jul 2012
|
18
|
67
|
512
|
3,026
|
3,269
|
4,837
|
10,073
|
2,939
|
24,741
|
|
Aug 2012
|
16
|
83
|
553
|
2,519
|
2,818
|
4,636
|
12,571
|
3,230
|
26,426
|
|
Sep 2012
|
23
|
67
|
475
|
1,871
|
2,245
|
7,891
|
10,474
|
2,967
|
26,013
|
|
Oct 2012
|
22
|
85
|
490
|
2,257
|
2,448
|
2,675
|
9,212
|
3,169
|
20,358
|
|
Nov 2012
|
32
|
96
|
477
|
2,072
|
2,354
|
2,478
|
7,750
|
3,427
|
18,686
|
|
Dec 2012
|
43
|
93
|
381
|
2,474
|
2,416
|
2,156
|
5,857
|
3,555
|
16,975
|
|
Grand Total
|
1,681
|
11,266
|
11,589
|
126,934
|
125,086
|
164,494
|
282,346
|
212,771
|
936,167
|