2,335 solar installations registered with the Clean Energy Regulator · ranked top 25% in Victoria · data current as at 2026-08-15
Based on last week's Victoria grid mix (avg 980 gCO₂/kWh), Ringwood East's 2,335 solar systems typically avoid around 17.51 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.
Grid intensity data: Open Electricity (openelectricity.org.au) · 7-day average · updates monthly
Ringwood East sits in the top third of Victoria for solar uptake, ranking 111th in the state out of 713 postcodes in the Clean Energy Regulator dataset. Growth has been strong, with 217 new systems installed in the past 12 months — a 34% increase on the previous year, making Ringwood East one of Victoria's faster-growing solar postcodes.
The combined impact is substantial: Ringwood East's solar community avoids an estimated 27,963 tonnes of CO₂ every year — equivalent to taking 13,316 cars off the road or powering around 5,593 average Australian homes with clean electricity. This is estimated using Victoria's average grid emissions intensity of 980 gCO₂/kWh, sourced from OpenElectricity, applied to an average system size of 9kW.