7,488 solar installations registered with the Clean Energy Regulator · ranked top 5% in Western Australia · data current as at 2026-08-15
Based on last week's Western Australia grid mix (avg 630 gCO₂/kWh), Scarborough's 7,488 solar systems typically avoid around 36.09 tonnes of CO₂ every hour during peak generation.
Grid intensity data: Open Electricity (openelectricity.org.au) · 7-day average · updates monthly
Scarborough is one of Western Australia's strongest solar communities, ranking 19th in the state — ahead of 95% of all Western Australia postcodes tracked by the Clean Energy Regulator. 445 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: Scarborough's solar community avoids an estimated 57,648 tonnes of CO₂ every year — equivalent to taking 27,451 cars off the road or powering around 11,530 average Australian homes with clean electricity. This is estimated using Western Australia's average grid emissions intensity of 630 gCO₂/kWh, sourced from OpenElectricity, applied to an average system size of 9kW.