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New South Wales · Postcode 2844

Broken Hill solar & clean energy data

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

Broken Hill
Ranked bottom 50% for solar uptake in New South Wales
#442
in New South Wales
404
Total solar installs
23
Installed last 12 months
+0%
12-month growth
Monthly solar installations · past 12 months
12 months agoThis month
28
Home batteries
6.9%
Of solar homes have battery
Cheaper Home Batteries Program · from Jul 2025
3,900
tonnes CO₂/yr
Estimated annual carbon avoided by Broken Hill's 404 solar systems combined — equivalent to taking 1,857 cars off the road.
Community total, not per household. Estimated from avg 9kW system size × NSW grid emissions factor.
Compared to neighbouring postcodes
2844
404
#442 state
you
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386
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319
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225
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100
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532
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Kandos
New South Wales grid · community impact

Based on last week's New South Wales grid mix (avg 790 gCO₂/kWh), Broken Hill's 404 solar systems typically avoid around 2.44 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.

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

Broken Hill ranks 442nd in New South Wales out of 721 postcodes in the Clean Energy Regulator dataset, with 404 registered systems to date. 23 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, Broken Hill's 404 solar systems avoid an estimated 3,900 tonnes of CO₂ per year — the equivalent of removing 1,857 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 · Broken Hill
23 installs · May – Apr
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4
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4
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