7,572 solar installations registered with the Clean Energy Regulator · ranked top 10% in Queensland · data current as at 2026-06-15
Based on last week's Queensland grid mix (avg 810 gCO₂/kWh), Gympie's 7,572 solar systems typically avoid around 46.92 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.
Grid intensity data: Open Electricity (openelectricity.org.au) · 7-day average · updates monthly
Gympie is one of Queensland's strongest solar communities, ranking 44th in the state — ahead of 90% of all Queensland postcodes tracked by the Clean Energy Regulator. 444 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: Gympie's solar community avoids an estimated 74,950 tonnes of CO₂ every year — equivalent to taking 35,690 cars off the road or powering around 14,990 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.