More Wyndham residents are choosing to harness the power of the sun, with new figures showing the municipality had among the highest number of rooftop solar panels installed in Victoria last year.
According to the federal government’s Clean Energy Regulator, Hoppers Crossing, Tarneit, Werribee and Point Cook were among suburbs leading a switch to solar.
Suburbs with the postcode 3029 – including Tarneit, Hoppers Crossing and Truganina – had 4268 solar panels installed in the 12 months to January this year.
Postcode 3030 – including Point Cook, Werribee and Altona – had 3784 installations.
Tarneit has the highest percentage of solar-powered homes in Victoria: 18.6 per cent.
Werribee couple Sari Smith and Antony Skipper took out a loan to install solar panels on the roof of their home five years ago.
“Within a short time we produced a third more power than we were using and getting back 66 cents per kilowatt,” Ms Smith said.
“We paid off the loan within two years and now make an annual profit of between $800 and $1000.”
