Queenslanders are harnessing their state’s most abundant resource, accounting for half of Australia’s top 10 locations adopting solar power as electricity prices soar.
Bundaberg in regional Queensland had the highest solar uptake for 2023, according to data from Solar Analytics.
The popularity of solar power is booming in Queensland.Credit: Not for syndication
It was followed by Hoppers Crossing in Melbourne, Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Marsden Park in Sydney and Hervey Bay in Queensland.
Mackay and Toowoomba in Queensland, Cranbourne in Melbourne, Mandurah in WA and the suburb of Kellyville in Sydney rounded out the top 10.
Families are jumping onto the solar trend as their electricity costs soar by as much as 30 per cent, Solar Analytics chief executive Stefan Jarnason said.
“Typically the types of households jumping on solar this year are those in larger homes that want to be able to run their air conditioning and appliances during the day but not see the effects on their electricity bills,” he said.
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