{"id":11837,"date":"2017-05-25T06:33:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T20:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=11837"},"modified":"2017-05-25T06:33:46","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T20:03:46","slug":"top-solar-postcodes-mb0051","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/top-solar-postcodes-mb0051\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s Top 10 Postcodes For Solar &#8211; May Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_11838\" style=\"width: 646px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11838\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11838\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/top-solar-postcodes-australia.jpg\" alt=\"Top Solar Postcodes - Australia\" width=\"636\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/top-solar-postcodes-australia.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/top-solar-postcodes-australia-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 636px) 100vw, 636px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-11838\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1.67 Million+ Systems Sticking It To The Electricity Man | Panel Image: Smaack, CC BY-SA 4.0, <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/w\/index.php?curid=49031924\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Link<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>The most recent data from Australia&#8217;s Clean Energy Regulator shows Queensland and Western Australia postcodes still entirely dominating the top 10 rankings for total numbers of installed small scale solar power systems.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The results as at May 1 for Small Generation Unit (SGU); i.e. systems under 100kW indicate:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>4670 (Queensland &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/bundaberg\/\">Bundaberg<\/a> area) &#8211; 10,845 systems \/ 35,489.89 kW total<\/li>\n<li>6210 (Western Australia &#8211; Mandurah area) &#8211; 10,367 systems \/ 27,201.22\u00a0 kW total<\/li>\n<li>4655 (Queensland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/herveybay\/\">Hervey Bay<\/a> area) &#8211; 9,595 systems \/ 28,885.46\u00a0 kW total<\/li>\n<li>4551 (Queensland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/sunshinecoast\/\">Sunshine Coast<\/a> area) &#8211; 8,749 systems \/ 24,673.97\u00a0 kW total<\/li>\n<li>4350 (Queensland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/toowoomba\/\">Toowoomba<\/a>) &#8211; 7,901 systems \/ 25,960.50\u00a0 kW total<\/li>\n<li>6065\u00a0 (Western Australia &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/perth\/\">Perth<\/a> area ) &#8211; 7,518 systems \/ 24,929.73\u00a0 kW total<\/li>\n<li>4211 (Queensland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/goldcoast\/\">Gold Coast<\/a> area) &#8211; 7,141 systems \/ 24,655.38 kW total<\/li>\n<li>4305 (Queensland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/brisbane\/\">Brisbane<\/a> area) &#8211; 6,873 systems \/ 20,462.62 kW total<\/li>\n<li>4740 (Queensland &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/mackay\/\">Mackay<\/a> area) &#8211; 6,592 systems \/ 26,775.59 kW total<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>In total, there were approximately 1,675,633 small solar power systems installed throughout Australia as at May 1*, with a collective output capacity of 5,645,985.07 kW. There&#8217;s more solar panels in place across Australia than there are people living here.<\/p>\n<p>While on the topic of Queensland, the state&#8217;s <span id=\"releaseContent\">Energy Minister, Mark Bailey, was singing the praises of the clean energy technology yesterday at the Energy Users Association of Australia (EUAA) annual Energy Conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cLatest Energy Queensland figures show that as of 1 May, there are now more than 438,000 residential rooftops with solar connections and 1,706 megawatts of solar in Queensland,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/statements.qld.gov.au\/Statement\/2017\/5\/24\/solar-now-queenslands-largest-power-station\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mr Bailey said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means\u00a0that our rooftops are the largest generation\u00a0capacity in the State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Queensland has a target of one million solar rooftops or 3,000 megawatts of total PV capacity by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIncreased uptake in renewable energy thanks to the Palaszczuk Government is an important step in reducing emissions and mitigating climate change to protect our Great Barrier Reef, while creating new jobs and diversifying the state\u2019s economy,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and while also on the topic of the health of Great Barrier Reef, emissions and climate change; about that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/adani-carmichael-coal-mine-mb0049\/\">Carmichael coal mine gig<\/a>&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>*The May figure will continue to increase as the statistics are based on STC certificate creation, and there&#8217;s a 12 month window in which the certificates can be created. 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