It might also surprise you to know that nearly 15 of australian households have solar panels on their roofs.
How many households have solar panels in australia.
As of june 2020 australia s over 2 4 million solar pv installations had a combined capacity of 18 583 mw photovoltaic pv solar power of which 3 290 mw were installed in the preceding 12 months.
The survey published by roy morgan on thursday shows that on average almost one in four australian households 23 2 per cent own a home solar electric panel as at march 2017.
Six panels per minute kane thornton chief executive of the clean energy council said households with solar were saving 540 a year on average on their power bills.
Solar power in australia is a fast growing industry.
Higher power prices and lower cost of solar technology have pushed households and businesses in western australia to install solar panels at a 33 increase in the last year.
Excerpt from q a march 22 2016.