64 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), Birchip's 64 solar systems typically avoid around 0.48 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.
Grid intensity data: Open Electricity (openelectricity.org.au) · 7-day average · updates monthly
Birchip ranks 617th in Victoria out of 713 postcodes in the Clean Energy Regulator dataset, with 64 registered systems to date. 4 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.
Birchip's solar systems avoid an estimated 766 tonnes of CO₂ per year, equivalent to 365 fewer cars on the road annually. 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.