Solar Installation NSW
New South Wales installs more rooftop solar than any other state. Sydney averages 4.5 peak sun hours a day, and with the federal STC rebate a NSW home can pay its system off in 4 to 5 years.
Install figures from the Clean Energy Regulator, to October 2026.
Check the rebate for a NSW home
Up to $8,000+ in solar and battery rebates. One Why Solar Approved installer, one free written quote, and fifteen minutes with a solar expert before you sign.
Solar in NSW cities
Sydney
NSWSolar in Greater Sydney
- Installs, 12 months
- 38,383
- Average system
- 11.5kW
STC Zone 3, 4.5 sun hours a day
Newcastle
NSWSolar in Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
- Installs, 12 months
- 7,282
- Average system
- 9.8kW
STC Zone 3, 4.8 sun hours a day
Central Coast
NSWSolar in the Central Coast
- Installs, 12 months
- 3,528
- Average system
- 10.5kW
STC Zone 3, 4.6 sun hours a day
Wollongong
NSWSolar in the Illawarra
- Installs, 12 months
- 2,870
- Average system
- 9.5kW
STC Zone 3, 4.5 sun hours a day
NSW solar rebates
Federal STC rebate
Sydney is in STC Zone 3. A typical 6.6 kW system earns about $1,710 off the purchase price.
- 6.6 kW system
- $1,710
- 10 kW system
- $2,622
Battery rebate
The federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program takes about $2,584 off a 10 kWh battery for NSW households. Connect it to a virtual power plant and the NSW Peak Demand Reduction Scheme adds up to $1,500.
- 10 kWh battery
- about$2,584
- VPP incentive
- up to$1,500
Popular NSW suburbs
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See my rebateNSW local government areas
- Albury6,674 installations
- Armidale1,862 installations
- Ballina28,187 installations
- Bayside (NSW)13,371 installations
- Bega Valley4,947 installations
- Bellingen3,920 installations
- Berrigan5,161 installations
- Blacktown68,454 installations
- Bland47 installations
- Blayney89 installations
- Blue Mountains17,695 installations
- Bogan1,414 installations
- Brewarrina2,824 installations
- Burwood580 installations
- Byron2,434 installations
- Cabonne11,817 installations
- Camden11,150 installations
- Campbelltown (NSW)15,199 installations
- Canada Bay8,252 installations
- Canterbury-Bankstown27,631 installations
- Carrathool1,632 installations
- Central Coast (NSW)39,530 installations
- Cessnock23,497 installations
- Clarence Valley22,091 installations
- Coffs Harbour4,034 installations
- Coolamon1,827 installations
- Coonamble1,750 installations
- Cootamundra-Gundagai641 installations
- Cowra2,167 installations
- Cumberland22,312 installations
- Dubbo12,001 installations
- Dungog9,781 installations
- East Gippsland609 installations
- Edward River529 installations
- Eurobodalla5,243 installations
- Fairfield30,271 installations
- Federation2,454 installations
- Forbes3,364 installations
- Georges River8,570 installations
- Gilgandra602 installations
- Glen Innes Severn0 installations
- Goondiwindi241 installations
- Goulburn Mulwaree658 installations
- Greater Hume1,163 installations
- Griffith1,109 installations
- Gunnedah3,929 installations
- Gwydir9,670 installations
- Hawkesbury16,564 installations
- Hay2,527 installations
- Hilltops8,922 installations
- Hornsby29,614 installations
- Hunters Hill2,199 installations
- Inner West9,216 installations
- Inverell1,545 installations
- Junee2,604 installations
- Kempsey1,709 installations
- Kiama11,381 installations
- Ku-ring-gai6,260 installations
- Kyogle6,148 installations
- Lachlan602 installations
- Lake Macquarie45,915 installations
- Lane Cove5 installations
- Leeton1,306 installations
- Lismore8,913 installations
- Lithgow14,385 installations
- Liverpool25,242 installations
- Liverpool Plains10,124 installations
- Lockhart813 installations
- Maitland11,738 installations
- Mid-Coast22,708 installations
- Mid-Western516 installations
- Mildura5,625 installations
- Moree Plains1,132 installations
- Mosman1,674 installations
- Murray River4,650 installations
- Murrumbidgee6,377 installations
- Muswellbrook1,052 installations
- Nambucca Valley5,752 installations
- Narrabri537 installations
- Narrandera13,337 installations
- Narromine1,808 installations
- North Sydney1,434 installations
- Northern Beaches32,105 installations
- Orange506 installations
- Parramatta41,588 installations
- Penrith32,524 installations
- Port Macquarie-Hastings23,041 installations
- Port Stephens18,048 installations
- Queanbeyan-Palerang1,668 installations
- Randwick2,775 installations
- Richmond Valley9,990 installations
- Ryde5,883 installations
- Shellharbour9,033 installations
- Shoalhaven17,093 installations
- Singleton2,896 installations
- Snowy Monaro19,136 installations
- Snowy Valleys21,805 installations
- Strathfield3,350 installations
- Sutherland27,354 installations
- Swan Hill147 installations
- Tamworth2,772 installations
- Temora199 installations
- Tenterfield4,212 installations
- The Hills6,394 installations
- Tweed26,891 installations
- Upper Hunter675 installations
- Upper Lachlan1,352 installations
- Uralla6,081 installations
- Wagga Wagga1,314 installations
- Walcha5,567 installations
- Walgett694 installations
- Warren2,883 installations
- Warrumbungle16,329 installations
- Waverley3,753 installations
- Weddin4,266 installations
- Wentworth1,565 installations
- Willoughby6,981 installations
- Wingecarribee16,178 installations
- Wollondilly20,686 installations
- Woollahra1,073 installations
- Yass Valley168 installations
NSW electricity networks
Ausgrid
Sydney, Newcastle, the Central Coast and the Hunter.
- Export limit
- 5 to 10 kW
- Connection time
- 5 to 10 days
Endeavour Energy
Greater Western Sydney, the Blue Mountains, the Southern Highlands and the Illawarra.
- Export limit
- 5 kW
- Connection time
- 5 to 10 days
Essential Energy
Regional and rural NSW.
- Export limit
- 5 kW
- Connection time
- 10 to 15 days
Get your NSW solar quote
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