276 solar installations registered with the Clean Energy Regulator · ranked bottom 50% in New South Wales · data current as at 2026-05-15
Based on last week's New South Wales grid mix (avg 790 gCO₂/kWh), Armidale's 276 solar systems typically avoid around 1.67 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.
Grid intensity data: Open Electricity (openelectricity.org.au) · 7-day average · updates monthly
Armidale ranks 497th in New South Wales out of 721 postcodes in the Clean Energy Regulator dataset, with 276 registered systems to date. Growth has been strong, with 9 new systems installed in the past 12 months — a 29% increase on the previous year, making Armidale one of New South Wales's faster-growing solar postcodes.
Collectively, Armidale's 276 solar systems avoid an estimated 2,664 tonnes of CO₂ per year — the equivalent of removing 1,269 cars from the road. This is estimated using New South Wales's average grid emissions intensity of 790 gCO₂/kWh, sourced from OpenElectricity, applied to an average system size of 9kW.