Each year we report on the administration of the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target and Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme. The following details from 2017 provide a quick reference for key data.
Key data – Large-scale Renewable Energy Target
Supply
| year | Description | Metric |
|---|
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2017
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Large-scale renewable energy power stations accredited
|
124
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Large-scale renewable energy power stations by energy source
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112 Solar
8 Wind
4 Biomass
|
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Large-scale renewable energy power station capacity
|
1088 megawatts
|
|
Large-scale generation certificates validated
|
19,075,335
|
|
Cumulative
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Cumulative number of large-scale renewable energy power stations
|
711
|
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Cumulative capacity of all large-scale renewable energy power stations
|
15,286 megawatts
|
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Committed and probable construction of new large-scale renewable energy power stations capacity since 1 January 2016
|
6535 megawatts
|
Demand
| year | Description | Metric |
|---|
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2017
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Large-scale generation certificates surrendered
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23,203,396
|
|
Large-scale generation certificates voluntarily surrendered (mainly for GreenPower)
|
936,264
|
|
Large-scale Renewable Energy Target on-time surrender
|
93.3 per cent
|
|
Total large-scale certificate shortfall charge
|
$89.5 million
|
Key data – Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme
Supply
| year | Description | Metric |
|---|
|
2017
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New small-scale systems installed
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225,991
|
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Small-scale systems installed by type
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167,870 solar panel systems
40,322 solar water heaters
17,791 air source heat pumps
8 wind systems
|
|
Total capacity for small-scale generation units installed
|
1052 megawatts
|
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Average capacity of solar panel systems
|
6.3 kilowatts
|
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Number of residential (0–10 kilowatt) solar panel system installations and capacity
|
Installations: 155,424
Capacity: 759 megawatts
|
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Number of commercial (10–100 kilowatt) solar panel system installations and capacity
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Installations: 12,446
Capacity: 292 megawatts
|
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Number of small-scale solar panel system installations by state and territory
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1742 Australian Capital Territory
41,000 New South Wales
1870 Northern Territory
45,113 Queensland
15,275 South Australia
2319 Tasmania
29,753 Victoria
30,798 Western Australia
|
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Small-scale technology certificates validated
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21,662,973
|
|
Cumulative
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Cumulative number of installed small-scale systems
|
2,900,361
|
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Cumulative number of installed small-scale systems by type
|
1,809,950 solar panel systems
860,357 solar water heaters
229,615 air source heat pumps
421 wind systems
18 hydro systems
|
|
Cumulative capacity for small generation units
|
6519 megawatts
|
Demand
| year | Description | Metric |
|---|
|
2017
|
Small-scale technology certificates surrendered
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12,213,677
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Market integrity
| year | Description | Metric |
|---|
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2017
|
Inspections of small-scale systems
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4140 inspections
79 unsafe
822 substandard
|
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Total number of registered agents
|
136
|
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Total number of registered persons
|
326
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