Home Solar Power In The Northern Territory

Last Updated: 5th Jan 2026

Solar power is increasingly catching on in the NT as the full benefits of the bill-busting technology are realised by the Territory’s residents.

More than 25,017 small-scale systems (<100kW capacity) had been installed as at the start of December 2025 (Source: Clean Energy Regulator) in the Northern Territory, adding up to a total capacity of over 213MW. Given s population of 263,000 (March 2025 – Population.Gov), this breaks down to approximately 810 watts (W) of solar per Territorian – lower than the national average of 1 kilowatt (kW).

The APVI (Australian Photovoltaic Institute) estimates the percentage of NT detached/semi-detached dwellings to have PV installed to be 31% based on its last calculation, so there are a lot of under-utilised rooftops in the Territory.

While installing solar power costs more than in other states due to the tyranny of distance, the NT has a feed in tariff on offer that will pay you for the surplus electricity you generate, helping to accelerate payback.

Just to give you a general idea, a 6.6kW solar panel system (a popular choice these days) can generate a stunning 34kWh of clean electricity a day (averaged over a year) — assuming a good system is installed by a professional and you have a suitable rooftop. That would put a mighty dent in your power bills and in many cases blow them away altogether.

Home Batteries In The NT

There’s not only a generous rebate still available for eligible solar power systems, at the beginning of July 2025 the Australian federal government also introduced a home battery rebate program nationally that substantially reduces the up-front cost of buying a battery storage system.

This program superseded the Territory’s (even more generous) program that offered a grant of $400 per kilowatt hour of useable battery system capacity, up to a maximum grant of $12,000. By comparison, the national initiative (Cheaper Home Batteries Program – CHBP) was offering around $330 per kilowatt hour after admin fees and charges during 2025/26. The CHBP rebate level will drop at regular intervals out to the the program’s end in 2030.

Other Northern Territory Solar Information

Recommended Installers In Selected NT Areas

The major population centers in the Northern Territory are of course Darwin and Alice Springs, but we also have installers in our network for just about everywhere in the Territory.

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