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- Friday 19 November 2021 at 8:43 am
Minister for Solar Homes Lily D’Ambrosio announced the milestone today – the direct result of the government’s unprecedented $1.3 billion investment in the program.
The program is making a vital contribution to the state's ambitious target of halving emissions by 2030, all while supporting the creation of more than 5000 jobs. In some parts of Victoria, installations under the Solar Homes Program have increased levels of household solar by more than 70 per cent.
In Metropolitan Melbourne, the top five suburbs with panels installed via the program are Tarneit, Craigieburn, Clyde North, Point Cook and Truganina, whilst in the regions, Mildura and Shepparton are closely followed by Wodonga, Wangaratta and Wallan in the top five.
More than 40 per cent of homes in Tarneit and Truganina have solar panels – both through Solar Homes and through other providers. In Wangaratta, almost half the homes have solar, while Shepparton and Wodonga also come close with nearly 45 per cent of homes having installed solar.
Overall, the Solar Homes Program has increased the percentage of homes with solar from 14 per cent to 22 per cent.
According to Solar Victoria’s Voice of the Customer survey, 71 per cent of respondents said they would not have installed solar if it weren’t for the program’s rebate, which was introduced in 2018.
Recent data also shows more customers are choosing larger systems – over the past two months, the average installed system size has been just over 7kW, up from 5.7kW when the program first started.
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