Australia reaches 6.1 GW of small-scale renewable energy capacity
Small-scale renewable energy capacity in Australia has reached 6.1 GW, according to regulators. The figure represents the total at the end of September, with other data released showing that the country installed 6,927 small-scale systems, with generation capacity of 36.3 MW, during that month alone. This brings the total number of such systems across Australia to around 2.8 million, with the vast majority being solar plants, and a smaller number of hydropower facilities and wind parks.
The cumulative small-scale renewable energy capacity in Australia reached 6.1 GW at the end of September, the Clean Energy Regulator said Friday.

The country now has 2.8 million small-scale systems, of which 1.7 million are solar photovoltaic (PV) plants with a combined capacity of just below 6.1 GW. There were also 18 hydropower facilities and 418 wind parks, as well as 1.07 million solar water heater installations, including air source heat pumps.

In September alone, Australia installed 6,927 small-scale systems with a total generation capacity of 36.3 MW. The state of Queensland was the leader in small-scale capacity additions with 2,153 systems installed, as well as in the small-scale commercial PV systems category of between 10 kW and 100 kW, with 149 of new installations. New South Wales ranked second with 1,574 new small-scale facilities totalling 8.2 MW followed by West Australia with 7.8 MW of plants.

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