1,836 solar installations registered with the Clean Energy Regulator · ranked top 50% in Queensland · data current as at 2026-05-15
Based on last week's Queensland grid mix (avg 810 gCO₂/kWh), Sunnybank Hills's 1,836 solar systems typically avoid around 11.38 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.
Grid intensity data: Open Electricity (openelectricity.org.au) · 7-day average · updates monthly
Sunnybank Hills ranks 179th in Queensland for solar installations — in the middle tier of 449 postcodes tracked by the Clean Energy Regulator across the state. 92 new systems were added in the past 12 months, with growth of 1% on the previous year — typical of a maturing market where most interested households have already installed.
The combined impact is substantial: Sunnybank Hills's solar community avoids an estimated 18,173 tonnes of CO₂ every year — equivalent to taking 8,654 cars off the road or powering around 3,635 average Australian homes with clean electricity. This is estimated using Queensland's average grid emissions intensity of 810 gCO₂/kWh, sourced from OpenElectricity, applied to an average system size of 9kW.