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Appendix A: The year in numbers

Appendix A:
The year in numbers

Each year we report on the administration of the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target and Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme. The following details from 2016 provide a quick reference for key data.

KEY DATA FOR 2016

Large-scale

Supply	Large-scale renewable energy power stations accredited	98
	Large-scale renewable energy power stations by energy source	86 solar 5 wind 3 hydro 4 biomass (1 agricultural waste, 3 landfill gas)
	Large-scale renewable energy power station capacity	494 megawatts
	Total number of large-scale renewable energy power stations	587
	Cumulative capacity of all large-scale renewable energy power stations	14 157 megawatts
	Committed and probable construction of new large-scale renewable energy power station capacity	2069 megawatts
	Large-scale generation certificates validated	17 320 821
Demand	Large-scale generation certificates surrendered	19 676 342
	Number of large-scale generation certificates voluntarily surrendered (mainly for GreenPower)	1 125 913
	Large-scale Renewable Energy Target compliance rate	89.3 per cent

Small-scale

Supply	New small-scale systems installed	182 173
	Total capacity for small generation units installed	707 megawatts
	Cumulative capacity for small generation units	5 426 megawatts
	Small-scale systems by type	127 333 solar panel systems 39 806 solar water heaters 15 025 air source heat pumps 9 wind systems
	Average capacity of solar panel systems	5.6 kilowatts
	Number of residential (0–10 kilowatt) solar panel system installations in 2016	119 541
	Number of commercial (10–100 kilowatt) solar panel system installations	7792
	Total number of small-scale solar panel system installations	127 333
	Number of all small-scale solar panel system installations by state and territory	ACT 927 NSW 28 047 NT 1677 QLD 33 238 SA 12 018 TAS 2414 VIC 25 300 WA 23 712
	Total number of installed small-scale systems	2 661 839
	Small-scale technology certificates validated	16 111 973
Demand	Small-scale technology certificates surrendered	16 678 285
Market integrity	Inspections of small-scale systems	3441 inspection 86 unsafe 762 sub-standard
	Total number of registered agents	1658
	Total number of registered persons	7773

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