SRES small-scale installations by postcode — cer_sres

Monthly Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme ('SRES') installation counts or capacity by postcode. Covers rooftop solar PV, solar water heaters, air-source heat pumps, and small batteries.

Usage

cer_sres_installations(
  technology = c("solar_pv", "swh", "heat_pump", "battery"),
  postcode = NULL,
  measure = c("installations", "capacity")
)

Source

Clean Energy Regulator, Small-scale installation postcode data: https://cer.gov.au/markets/reports-and-data/small-scale-installation-postcode-data. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Arguments

technology: Character. One of "solar_pv" (default), "swh" (solar water heater), "heat_pump", or "battery".
postcode: Optional character vector of 4-digit Australian postcodes to filter on.
measure: Character. "installations" (default, counts) or "capacity" (total kW installed).

Value

A cer_tbl. For measure = "installations" columns include postcode and per-month install counts. For measure = "capacity", per-month kW capacity.

References

Commonwealth of Australia. Renewable Energy (Electricity) Act 2000, Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme provisions.

Australian Energy Market Operator (2024). Distributed PV Forecasting Methodology. AEMO uses SRES installation data as input to ISP and ESOO forecasts.

Best, R., Burke, P.J. and Nishitateno, S. (2019). "Understanding the determinants of rooftop solar installation: evidence from household surveys in Australia." Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 63(4), 922-939. doi:10.1111/1467-8489.12319

Examples

# \donttest{
op <- options(cer.cache_dir = tempdir())
inst <- cer_sres_installations(postcode = c("2000", "3000"))
head(inst)
options(op)
# }