257 solar installations registered with the Clean Energy Regulator · ranked bottom 50% in Victoria · data current as at 2026-08-15
Based on last week's Victoria grid mix (avg 980 gCO₂/kWh), Horsham's 257 solar systems typically avoid around 1.93 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.
Grid intensity data: Open Electricity (openelectricity.org.au) · 7-day average · updates monthly
Horsham ranks 447th in Victoria out of 713 postcodes in the Clean Energy Regulator dataset, with 257 registered systems to date. Growth has been strong, with 8 new systems installed in the past 12 months — a 60% increase on the previous year, making Horsham one of Victoria's faster-growing solar postcodes.
Collectively, Horsham's 257 solar systems avoid an estimated 3,078 tonnes of CO₂ per year — the equivalent of removing 1,466 cars from the road. 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.