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New South Wales · Postcode 2839

Lightning Ridge solar & clean energy data

374 solar installations registered with the Clean Energy Regulator · ranked bottom 50% in New South Wales · data current as at 2026-04-03

Lightning Ridge
Ranked bottom 50% for solar uptake in New South Wales
#453
in New South Wales
374
Total solar installs
6
Installed last 12 months
+0%
12-month growth
Monthly solar installations · past 12 months
12 months agoThis month
3
Home batteries
0.8%
Of solar homes have battery
Cheaper Home Batteries Program · from Jul 2025
3,611
tonnes CO₂/yr
Estimated annual carbon avoided by Lightning Ridge's 374 solar systems combined — equivalent to taking 1,720 cars off the road.
Community total, not per household. Estimated from avg 9kW system size × NSW grid emissions factor.
Compared to neighbouring postcodes
2839
374
#453 state
you
2840
845
#329 state
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2838
85
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2836
292
#488 state
Cobar
2842
225
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Nyngan
2835
1,207
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Cobar
New South Wales grid · community impact

Based on last week's New South Wales grid mix (avg 790 gCO₂/kWh), Lightning Ridge's 374 solar systems typically avoid around 2.26 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.

Grid intensity data: Open Electricity (openelectricity.org.au) · 7-day average · updates monthly

Lightning Ridge ranks 453rd in New South Wales out of 721 postcodes in the Clean Energy Regulator dataset, with 374 registered systems to date. 6 new systems were added in the past 12 months, with growth of 0% on the previous year — typical of a maturing market where most interested households have already installed.

Collectively, Lightning Ridge's 374 solar systems avoid an estimated 3,611 tonnes of CO₂ per year — the equivalent of removing 1,720 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.

Monthly solar installations · Lightning Ridge
6 installs · May – Apr
2
4
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