Every month we publish small-scale renewable energy installation data files.

These data files provide a list of:

  • small generation units (small-scale solar panel, wind and hydro systems) and kilowatt (kW) capacity by installed postcode
  • solar water heaters and air source heat pumps by installed postcode.
  • solar batteries and useable kilowatt-hour (kWh) capacity 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.

Note: A 12-month creation period for registered persons to create small-scale technology certificates applies under the Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000. Therefore, figures for the current and previous year will continue to rise due to the 12-month creation period.

Total investment in wind and solar generation capacity, including Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme capacity for 2016 to the present is available under large-scale renewable energy data.

Summary of postcode data

This data is current as at 31 July 2025.

Solar battery postcode data

Solar battery postcode data is only available from 1 July 2025, when solar batteries became eligible under the under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme. Postcode data only includes installations that have had their application for small-scale technology certificates approved. It does not include installations with pending applications.

Data for batteries installed at the same time as a grid-connected solar PV system that was provided on a voluntary basis before 1 July 2025 remains available as historical information and will no longer be updated.

Small-scale installations by installation year

There are a total of 6,053,176 small-scale installations. This includes solar batteries installed under the Cheaper Home Batteries Program that started on 1 July 2025.

Table 1: Number of small-scale systems installed by year

Installation yearHydro systems (deemed)Solar PV systems (deemed)Wind systems (deemed)Solar water heaters (including air source heat pumps)Solar battery systemsTotal
200131181810,075-10,214
2002-2511121,839-22,101
2003-6641328,653-29,330
2004-1,0891730,991-32,097
2005-1,4061133,964-35,381
2006-1,115635,924-37,045
2007-3,4801250,977-54,469
2008114,0644385,385-99,493
2009562,91658194,695-257,674
20103198,208136127,093-325,440
20111360,74544105,050-465,840
20122343,320869,466-412,796
20132200,407358,299-258,711
20141180,1391158,728-238,879
2015-141,5001258,704-200,216
2016-132,6971062,018-194,725
2017-174,9421064,144-239,096
2018-224,852-66,976-291,828
2019-284,031165,357-349,389
20202370,320-74,403-444,725
2021-377,458-99,284-476,742
20221315,717-122,018-437,736
2023-333,860-162,830-496,690
20241318,251-135,248-453,500
2025-133,016-47,6078,436*189,059
Total224,174,5664241,869,7288,4366,053,176

* 2025 solar battery data is only available from 1 July 2025, when solar batteries became eligible under the under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme.

Small generation unit installations

Table 2: Total number of small generation units installed to date

System typeInstallation quantityRated output (kW)
Solar photovoltaic (PV)4,174,56629,906,407
Wind4241,469
Hydro2255
Total SGU installations4,175,01229,907,931

Note: Total may not sum due to rounding.

Solar water heater installations

Table 3: Total number of solar water heaters installed to date

System typeInstallation quantity
Air source heat pumps733,739
Solar water heaters1,135,989
Total solar water heater installations1,869,728

Installation numbers for small-scale systems by state/territory

Table 4: Small generation unit – Hydro (deemed)

YearACTNSWNTQLDSATASVICWATotal
2001-1-1--1-3
2002---------
2003---------
2004---------
2005---------
2006---------
2007---------
2008----1---1
2009-1---1215
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-----1--1
2025---------
Total-2121105122

Table 5: Small generation unit – Solar (deemed)

YearACTNSWNTQLDSATASVICWATotal
2001-1263341-1511118
2002-2387110711922251
200331341015024699814664
200422352232830017152331,089
200542913533938013254901,406
200610216231954134200541,115
200748779264751,037258282623,480
20082782,890883,0873,4561612,0362,06814,064
200980314,00821518,2838,5691,4528,42911,15762,916
20102,32369,98863748,69716,7051,88935,67622,293198,208
20116,86080,27240195,30363,5532,47560,21451,667360,745
20121,52253,961513130,25241,8516,36466,20442,653343,320
20132,41133,9981,02471,19729,1877,65833,33221,600200,407
20141,22537,2101,02657,74815,1664,20740,06123,496180,139
20151,06633,4781,19739,50712,0812,02031,35420,797141,500
20161,00129,4981,74534,42312,6042,48726,74024,199132,697
20171,94643,2531,95046,44816,1902,39331,35831,404174,942
20183,20659,3292,36555,08721,8952,64247,21633,112224,852
20193,80877,6303,50570,71127,0892,89461,74036,654284,031
20205,577110,7883,24288,40836,3473,36374,31048,285370,320
20216,465110,2281,94090,19332,5984,11583,13748,782377,458
20229,06193,0821,75877,37129,1524,11462,48738,692315,717
20238,420105,5231,36681,14728,0645,61068,51735,213333,860
20244,75697,5801,06681,38025,7255,27966,92935,536318,251
20251,92936,48541836,42510,9802,62227,70716,450133,016
Total62,7241,090,89124,5861,127,258433,73661,814829,013544,5444,174,566

Table 6: Small generation unit – Wind (deemed)

YearACTNSWNTQLDSATASVICWATotal
2001---611-1-18
2002---73-1-11
2003----11-1113
2004-1-5713-17
2005-3-251--11
2006-1-1211-6
2007-3-71--112
2008-16-51116443
2009-16-678101158
2010-92-14141114136
2011-35--1-5344
2012-2-2---48
2013------3-3
2014-1----10-11
2015----2-10-12
2016----1-9-10
2017-3-13-3-10
2018---------
2019------1-1
2020---------
2021---------
2022---------
2023---------
2024---------
2025---------
Total-173-4369267538424

Table 7: Solar water heater and air source heat pump (deemed)

YearACTNSWNTQLDSATASVICWATotal
2001701,9665814,004667265542,20710,075
20022544,7229577,6971,886971,3984,82821,839
20034347,2319108,8273,5331681,4756,07528,653
20045167,8701,1448,9273,0221601,8007,55230,991
20054488,1961,1718,9193,1932182,7299,09033,964
20062027,6481,2479,9432,4161394,7289,60135,924
20074538,7651,41416,8302,8693509,15711,13950,977
20081,00120,2031,23623,3305,10390621,20812,39885,385
20091,97485,4561,73136,6598,7942,26942,12015,692194,695
201096038,5251,30334,2626,8121,43327,73316,065127,093
20111,03825,3311,26730,9375,4441,72526,44612,862105,050
201273410,8101,17118,9733,47389921,59411,81269,466
20134539,14588413,4102,98382719,60810,98958,299
20144519,6411,02613,4331,93096220,61310,67258,728
20155728,6121,06311,8052,55780323,08710,20558,704
20166778,61192011,4422,28194727,7029,43862,018
20177058,97196512,0242,6171,03429,1268,70264,144
20187258,87798712,0202,8501,12632,0858,30666,976
20199717,5611,04111,2142,9981,47531,5208,57765,357
20201,6637,2061,05911,9215,0151,18936,9829,36874,403
20211,2967,46094114,8415,4381,44357,74410,12199,284
20222,03020,69384213,9364,5042,11067,11110,792122,018
20232,15772,20660914,8305,2591,45354,88711,429162,830
20242,34937,42447713,7264,9681,51662,88611,902135,248
20251,0985,4362266,0611,93368926,4385,72647,607
Total23,231438,56625,172369,97192,54523,964650,731245,5481,869,728

Table 8: Small generation unit - Solar batteries

YearACTNSWNTQLDSATASVICWATotal
2025*1883,402161,7261,4131161,0135628,436

* 2025 solar battery data is only available from 1 July 2025, when solar batteries became eligible under the under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme.

Postcode data files

The public register of small-scale technology certificates in the REC Registry allows users to search and view details of small-scale technology certificate creation.

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July 2025 changes to file structure

From 15 August 2025, the structure of the files will be updated for installations and capacity, 2011–present. These will include 2 new columns:

  • a sum of all installations or capacity by postcode and fuel source installed from 2001 to 2010.  
  • a grand total of all installations or capacity by postcode and fuel source from 2001 to present.

This will save time for users by:

  • removing the need to link multiple spreadsheets to calculate installations and capacity totals for each postcode
  • providing a quick reference in the 2011–present data for installations and capacity before 2011.

To reflect the introduction of these new summary columns, the 2011–present workbooks will have ‘and totals’ added to their file names. The new names will be:

  • SRES postcode data – Capacity – 2011 to present and totals
  • SRES postcode data – Installations – 2011 to present and totals.

The historical month-to-month downloadable data for 2001 to 2010 will not be changed.

Please email enquiries@cer.gov.au if you have any questions.

SRES postcode data - Capacity - 2011 to present and totals (3.08 MB XLSX)

Raw data in CSV format

SGU-Hydro - Capacity - 2011 to present and totals (2.05 KB CSV) SGU-Wind - Capacity - 2011 to present and totals (75.99 KB CSV) SGU-Solar - Capacity - 2011 to present and totals (3.2 MB CSV) SGU-Battery- Capacity - 2011 to present and totals (28.61 KB CSV)

SRES postcode data - Capacity - 2001 to 2010 (1.25 MB XLSX)

Raw data in CSV format

SGU-Hydro - Capacity - 2001 to 2010 (1.81 KB CSV) SGU-Solar - Capacity - 2001 to 2010 (1.91 MB CSV) SGU-Wind - Capacity - 2001 to 2010 (46.67 KB CSV)

SRES postcode data - Installations - 2011 to present and totals (5.37 MB XLSX)

Raw data in CSV format

SGU-Hydro - Installations - 2011 to present and totals (1.05 KB CSV) SGU-Wind - Installations - 2011 to present and totals (27.33 KB CSV) SGU-Solar - Installations - 2011 to present and totals (1.09 MB CSV) SWH-Air Source Heat Pump - Installations - 2011 to present and totals (949.42 KB CSV) SWH-Solar - Installations - 2011 to present and totals (1.04 MB CSV) SGU-Battery - Installations - 2011 to present and totals (14.5 KB CSV)

SRES postcode data - Installations - 2001 to 2010 (2.97 MB XLSX)

Raw data in CSV format

SGU-Hydro - Installations - 2001 to 2010 (970 bytes CSV) SGU-Wind - Installations - 2001 to 2010 (46.34 KB CSV) SGU-Solar - Installations - 2001 to 2010 (669.6 KB CSV) SWH-Air Source - Installations - 2001 to 2010 (383.71 KB CSV) SWH-Solar - Installations - 2001 to 2010 (715.66 KB CSV)

Description

This data is based on voluntarily disclosed data for batteries installed at the same time as grid-connected solar PV systems from 1 September 2014 to 30 June 2025. It is no longer being updated.

From 1 July 2025, solar batteries became eligible for small-scale technology certificates under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme. Our monthly postcode data publication will include solar battery installations from this date. 

Historical voluntary state data for battery installation with small-scale systems (12.6 KB XLSX)

Raw data in CSV format

Historical voluntary state data for battery installation with small-scale systems (726 bytes CSV)