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Every month the Clean Energy Regulator publishes small-scale renewable energy installation data files.
These data files provide a list of:
- small generation units (SGU) (small-scale solar panel, wind and hydro systems) and kilowatt (kW) capacity by installed postcode
- solar water heaters (SWH) and air source heat pumps by installed postcode.
The data represents all systems that have had certificates validly created against them. The data includes new installations, upgrades to existing systems and stand-alone (off-grid) systems.
This data is not publicly available via the REC Registry and does not include systems that are pending registration or have been failed by the Clean Energy Regulator.
Note: A 12 month creation period for registered persons to create small-scale technology certificates applies under the
Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000. Therefore, the 2023 and 2024 figures will continue to rise due to the 12 month creation period. The Clean Energy Regulator expects total installed capacity for 2023 may reach 3.1 GW.
Total investment in wind and solar generation capacity, including Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) capacity for 2016-2023 is available at the bottom of the
Large-scale Renewable Energy Target supply data page.
Summary of postcode data
This data is current as at 29 February 2024.
Small-scale installations by installation year
There are a total of 5,431,377 small-scale installations.
Installation year | Hydro systems (Deemed) | Solar PV panel systems (Deemed) | Wind systems (Deemed) | Solar water heaters (including air source heat pumps) | Total |
---|
2001 | 3 | 118 | 18 | 10,075 |
10,214 |
---|
2002 | - | 251 | 11 | 21,839 |
22,101 |
---|
2003 | - | 664 | 13 | 28,653 |
29,330 |
---|
2004 | - | 1089 | 17 | 30,991 |
32,097 |
---|
2005 | - | 1406 | 11
| 33,964 |
35,381 |
---|
2006 | - | 1115 | 6 | 35,924 |
37,045 |
---|
2007 | - | 3480 | 12 | 50,977 |
54,469 |
---|
2008 | 1 | 14,064 | 43 | 85,385 |
99,493 |
---|
2009 | 5 | 62,916 | 58 | 194,695 |
257,674 |
---|
2010 | 3 | 198,208 | 136 | 127,093 |
325,440 |
---|
2011 | 1 | 360,745 | 44 | 105,050 |
465,840 |
---|
2012 | 2 | 343,320 | 8 | 69,466 |
412,796 |
---|
2013 | 2 | 200,407 | 3 | 58,299 |
258,711 |
---|
2014 | 1 | 180,139 | 11 | 58,728 |
238,879 |
---|
2015 | - | 141,500
| 12 | 58,704
|
200,216 |
---|
2016 | - | 132,697
| 10 | 62,018 |
194,725 |
---|
2017 | - | 174,942
| 10 | 64,144
|
239,096 |
---|
2018 | -
| 224,852
| -
| 66,976
|
291,828 |
---|
2019
| - | 284,031
| 1
| 65,357
|
349,389 |
---|
2020
| 2 | 370,320
| -
| 74,403
|
444,725 |
---|
2021 | 0 | 377,458 | 0 | 99,284 |
476,742 |
---|
2022 | 1
| 315,691 | 0 | 122,005 |
437,697 |
---|
2023 | 0 | 323,486
| 0 | 151,832 |
475,318 |
---|
2024 | 0 | 32,585
| 0 | 9,586 |
42,171 |
---|
Total |
21 |
3,745,484 |
424 |
1,685,448 |
5,431,377 |
---|
Small generation unit (SGU) installations
| Installation quantity | Rated output (kW) |
---|
Solar photovoltaic (PV) panels | 3,745,484
| 22,606,119
|
---|
Wind | 424
| 1,469
|
---|
Hydro | 21 | 52 |
---|
Total SGU installations
|
3,745,929 |
22,607,640 |
---|
Note: Total may not sum due to rounding.
Solar water heater (SWH) installations
| Installation quantity |
---|
Air source heat pumps
| 584,858 |
---|
Solar water heaters | 1,100,590 |
---|
Total SWH installations
|
1,685,448 |
---|
Installation numbers for small-scale systems by state/territory
Small generation unit - hydro (deemed)
| ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA | Total |
---|
2001 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
3 |
---|
2002 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2003 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2004 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2005 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2006 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2007 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2008 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
1 |
---|
2009 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 |
5 |
---|
2010 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - |
3 |
---|
2011 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
1 |
---|
2012 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
2 |
---|
2013 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
2 |
---|
2014 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
1 |
---|
2015 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2016 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
---|
2017 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
---|
2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
---|
2019 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
---|
2020
| - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
2
|
---|
2021
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
---|
2022
| - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
---|
2023
| - | - | - | - | - | -
| - | - | - |
---|
2024
| - | - | - | - | - | -
| - | - | - |
---|
Total |
- |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
9 |
5 |
1 |
21 |
---|
Small generation unit - solar (deemed)
| ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA | Total |
---|
2001 | - | 12 | 6 | 33 | 41 | - | 15 | 11 |
118 |
---|
2002 | - | 23 | 8 | 71 | 107 | 1 | 19 | 22 |
251 |
---|
2003 | 3 | 134 | 10 | 150 | 246 | 9 | 98 | 14 |
664 |
---|
2004 | 2 | 235 | 22 | 328 | 300 | 17 | 152 | 33 |
1089 |
---|
2005 | 4 | 291 | 35 | 339 | 380 | 13 | 254 | 90 |
1406 |
---|
2006 | 10 | 216 | 23 | 195 | 413 | 4 | 200 | 54 |
1115 |
---|
2007 | 48 | 779 | 26 | 475 | 1037 | 25 | 828 | 262 |
3480 |
---|
2008 | 278 | 2890 | 88 | 3087 | 3456 | 161 | 2036 | 2068 |
14,064 |
---|
2009 | 803 | 14,008 | 215 | 18,283 | 8569 | 1452 | 8429 | 11,157 |
62,916 |
---|
2010 | 2323 | 69,988 | 637 | 48,697 | 16,705 | 1889
| 35,676 | 22,293 |
198,208 |
---|
2011 | 6860 | 80,272 | 401 | 95,303 | 63,553 | 2475 | 60,214 | 51,667 |
360,745 |
---|
2012 | 1522 | 53,961 | 513 | 130,252 | 41,851 | 6364 | 66,204 | 42,653 |
343,320 |
---|
2013 | 2411 | 33,998 | 1024 | 71,197 | 29,187 | 7658 | 33,332 | 21,600 |
200,407 |
---|
2014 | 1225 | 37,210 | 1026 | 57,748 | 15,166 | 4207 | 40,061 | 23,496 |
180,139 |
---|
2015 | 1066 | 33,478 | 1197 | 39,507 | 12,081 | 2020 | 31,354
| 20,797 |
141,500 |
---|
2016 | 1001 | 29,498 | 1745 | 34,423 | 12,604 | 2487 | 26,740
| 24,199 |
132,697 |
---|
2017 | 1946 | 43,253
| 1950 | 46,448
| 16,190 | 2393 | 31,358
| 31,404 |
174,942 |
---|
2018 | 3,206
| 59,329
| 2,365
| 55,087
| 21,895
| 2,642
| 47,216
| 33,112
|
224,852 |
---|
2019 | 3,808 | 77,630
| 3,505
| 70,711
| 27,089 | 2,894
| 61,740
| 36,654 |
284,031 |
---|
2020 | 5,577
| 110,788
| 3,242
| 88,408
| 36,347
| 3,363
| 74,310
| 48,285
|
370,320 |
---|
2021 | 6,465
| 110,228 | 1,940 | 90,193 | 32,598
| 4,115 | 83,137 | 48,782
|
377,458 |
---|
2022 | 9,060 | 93,078 | 1,758 | 77,363 | 29,149 | 4,114 | 62,480 | 38,689 |
315,691 |
---|
2023 | 8,236 | 102,523 | 1,171 | 79,121 | 27,130 | 5,534 | 65,185 | 34,586 |
323,486
|
---|
2024 | 510 | 11,302 | 73 | 8,563 | 2,393 | 544 | 5,113 | 4,087 |
32,585
|
---|
Total |
56,364 |
965,124 |
22,980 |
1,015,982 |
398,487 |
54,381 |
736,151 |
496,015 |
3,745,484 |
---|
Small generation unit - wind (deemed)
| ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA | Total |
---|
2001 | - | - | - | 6 | 11 | - | 1 | - |
18 |
---|
2002 | - | - | - | 7 | 3 | - | 1 | - |
11 |
---|
2003 | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | 1 | 1 |
13 |
---|
2004 | - | 1 | - | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | - |
17 |
---|
2005 | - | 3 | - | 2 | 5 | 1 | - | - |
11 |
---|
2006 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
6 |
---|
2007 | - | 3 | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 1 |
12 |
---|
2008 | - | 16 | - | 5 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
43 |
---|
2009 | - | 16 | - | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 11 |
58 |
---|
2010 | - | 92 | - | 1 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 14 |
136 |
---|
2011 | - | 35 | - | - | 1 | - | 5 | 3 |
44 |
---|
2012 | - | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 4 |
8 |
---|
2013 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - |
3 |
---|
2014 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
11 |
---|
2015 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 10 | - |
12 |
---|
2016 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 9 | - |
10 |
---|
2017 | - | 3 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | - |
10 |
---|
2018 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2019 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
1 |
---|
2020
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2021
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2022
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2023
| -
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
2024
| -
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
- |
---|
Total |
- |
173 |
- |
43 |
69 |
26 |
75 |
38 |
424 |
---|
Solar water heater and air source heat pump (deemed)
| ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA | Total |
---|
2001 | 70 | 1966 | 581 | 4004 | 667 | 26 | 554 | 2207 |
10,075 |
---|
2002 | 254 | 4722 | 957 | 7697 | 1886 | 97 | 1398 | 4828 |
21,839 |
---|
2003 | 434 | 7231 | 910 | 8827 | 3533 | 168 | 1475 | 6075 |
28,653 |
---|
2004 | 516 | 7870 | 1144 | 8927 | 3022 | 160 | 1800 | 7552 |
30,991 |
---|
2005 | 448 | 8196 | 1171 | 8919 | 3193 | 218 | 2729 | 9090 |
33,964 |
---|
2006 | 202 | 7648 | 1247 | 9943 | 2416 | 139 | 4728 | 9601 |
35,924 |
---|
2007 | 453 | 8765 | 1414 | 16,830 | 2869 | 350 | 9157 | 11,139 |
50,977 |
---|
2008 | 1001 | 20,203 | 1236 | 23,330 | 5103 | 906 | 21,208 | 12,398 |
85,385 |
---|
2009 | 1974 | 85,456 | 1731 | 36,659 | 8794 | 2269 | 42,120 | 15,692 |
194,695 |
---|
2010 | 960 | 38,525 | 1303 | 34,262 | 6812 | 1433 | 27,733 | 16,065 |
127,093 |
---|
2011 | 1038 | 25,331 | 1267 | 30,937 | 5444 | 1725 | 26,446 | 12,862 |
105,050 |
---|
2012 | 734 | 10,810 | 1171 | 18,973 | 3473 | 899 | 21,594 | 11,812 |
69,466 |
---|
2013 | 453 | 9145 | 884 | 13,410 | 2983 | 827 | 19,608 | 10,989 |
58,299 |
---|
2014 | 451 | 9641 | 1026 | 13,433 | 1930 | 962 | 20,613 | 10,672 |
58,728 |
---|
2015 | 572 | 8612 | 1063 | 11,805 | 2557 | 803 | 23,087 | 10,205 |
58,704 |
---|
2016 | 677 | 8611 | 920 | 11,442 | 2281 | 947 | 27,702 | 9438 |
62,018 |
---|
2017 | 705 | 8,971
| 965 | 12,024 | 2,617 | 1,034 | 29,126
| 8,702 |
64,144 |
---|
2018
| 725
| 8,877
| 987
| 12,020
| 2,850
| 1,126
| 32,085
| 8,306
|
66,976 |
---|
2019 | 971
| 7,561
| 1,041
| 11,214
| 2,998
| 1,475
| 31,520
| 8,577
|
65,357 |
---|
2020 | 1,663
| 7,206
| 1,059
| 11,921
| 5,015
| 1,189
| 36,982
| 9,368
|
74,403 |
---|
2021 | 1,296 | 7,460 | 941 | 14,841 | 5,438 | 1,443 | 57,744 | 10,121 |
99,284 |
---|
2022 | 2,030 | 20,690 | 842 | 13,936 | 4,504 | 2,110 | 67,101 | 10,792 |
122,005 |
---|
2023 | 2,027 | 67,944 | 518
| 14,023 | 4,984 | 1,391 | 50,037 | 10,908 |
151,832 |
---|
2024 | 156 | 2,951 | 16 | 873 | 253 | 75 | 4,193 | 1,069 |
9,586 |
---|
Total |
19,810 |
394,392 |
24,394 |
350,250 |
85,622 |
21,772 |
560,740 |
228,468 |
1,685,448 |
---|
Solar PV systems with concurrent battery storage capacity by year and state/territory
Year | ACT | NSW | NT | QLD | SA | TAS | VIC | WA | Total |
---|
2014 | 8 | 208 | 3 | 129 | 34 | 5 | 137 | 169 |
693 |
---|
2015 | 3 | 133 | 1 | 186 | 21 | 6 | 163 | 24 |
537 |
---|
2016 | 105 | 668 | 6 | 331 | 130 | 18 | 240 | 70 |
1568 |
---|
2017 | 205 | 1942 | 18 | 856 | 479 | 93 | 845 | 212 |
4650 |
---|
2018 | 308
| 1876
| 8 | 1119
| 616
| 164
| 1362
| 236 |
5689 |
---|
2019 | 337 | 1,503 | 22 | 2,711 | 2,292 | 94 | 1,288 | 316 |
8,563 |
---|
2020 | 379
| 1,852
| 148 | 957 | 3,737
| 103 | 1,531
| 782 |
9,489 |
---|
2021
| 519
| 2,755
| 390
| 1,428
| 3,308
| 126
| 3,018
| 1,624
|
13,168 |
---|
2022 | 1,193 | 3,913 | 681 | 2,844
| 4,744 | 249 | 5,656 | 2,710 |
21,990 |
---|
2023 | 757 | 5,807 | 496 | 4,614 | 4,878 | 371 | 5,983 | 2,902 |
25,808 |
---|
2024 | 46 | 650 | 34 | 293 | 420 | 25 | 412 | 346 |
2,226 |
---|
Total |
3,860 |
21,307 |
1,807 |
15,468 |
20,659 |
1,254 |
20,635 |
9,391 |
94,381 |
---|
Notes: The above table is based on voluntarily disclosed data for batteries that were installed at the same time as the solar PV system.
Collection of grid-connected installations with disclosed battery data commenced in September 2014.
Postcode data files
The postcode data files are displayed by month from 2023, with all data aggregated from 2001 to 2022. The
Cracking the small-scale code resource also provides some additional information about small-scale postcode data.
The public register of small-scale technology certificates (STCs) in the
REC Registry allows users to search and view details of small-scale technology certificate cr
eation.
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Historical data
For monthly breakdowns and aggregated totals for the years 2001-2022 see
Historical postcode data files.