160 solar installations registered with the Clean Energy Regulator · ranked bottom 50% in South Australia · data current as at 2026-08-15
Based on last week's South Australia grid mix (avg 370 gCO₂/kWh), Kangaroo Island's 160 solar systems typically avoid around 0.45 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.
Grid intensity data: Open Electricity (openelectricity.org.au) · 7-day average · updates monthly
Kangaroo Island ranks 249th in South Australia out of 347 postcodes in the Clean Energy Regulator dataset, with 160 registered systems to date. Growth has been strong, with 9 new systems installed in the past 12 months — a 50% increase on the previous year, making Kangaroo Island one of South Australia's faster-growing solar postcodes.
Kangaroo Island's solar systems avoid an estimated 723 tonnes of CO₂ per year, equivalent to 344 fewer cars on the road annually. This is estimated using South Australia's average grid emissions intensity of 370 gCO₂/kWh, sourced from OpenElectricity, applied to an average system size of 9kW.