New data from industry consultancy Solar Nerds shows Sunboost was the top-ranked solar installer in the national small-scale technology certificate (STC) market in 2024, rolling out 10,432 rooftop PV systems with a total capacity of 99,415 kW.
Sunboost, part of National Solar Energy Group (NSEG), was also the most prolific installer in the 0-15 kW residential market segment, completing 10,003 rooftop PV systems with a combined capacity of 90,125 kW.
Origin subsidiary Sun Retail finished the year as the top-ranked installer in the 15-40 kW market with 440 systems totaling 9,579 kW.
In the 40-100 kW range, the top spot was taken out by Energy Aware with a combined capacity of 14,222 kW spread across 162 projects.
The latest data from Solar Nerds, part of Sydney-based renewable energy finance specialist Solaris Finance, shows Australia’s installers deployed 322,447 small-scale solar systems in 2024, adding more than 3.22 MW of PV generation to the nation’s energy mix.

Image: Solar Nerds
Solar Nerds said the annual total was 3.98% ahead of 2023 when about 3.1 GW of small-scale solar was installed on Australian homes and businesses.
New South Wales led the way in 2024, accounting for 32.02% of the market volume with more than 1 million small-scale solar systems installed across the state.
Queensland (26.33%), and Victoria (20.97%) also delivered significant volumes.
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Hi Darryl, Typo 10,003 systems with 10,003 kW output capacity OPPS Is that mW output 🤔🤔🙊🎯 Kevenergy HeapsMorenergy.nz
Thanks for picking up – it has been corrected to read 10.003 systems with a combined capacity of 90,125 kW. Makes a bit more sense now.