Australia’s rooftop solar market continues its record-breaking run, riding the coat-tails of the federal Cheaper Home Batteries scheme to cap off its highest January–July tally on record for new installations.
According to the latest report from industry analyst SunWiz, Australian homes and businesses installed another 339.2 megawatts (MW) of new rooftop solar in July 2026 – not a record month, and 22 per cent below April’s all-time record of 432 MW, but comfortably above the long-run trend of about 285 MW.
Source: SunWiz
“2026 continues to be a record year for PV,” says SunWiz managing director Warwick Johnston. “Despite the slowdown from April, monthly volumes remain at record levels [and the] PV market continues to be heavily influenced by the Cheaper Home Battery Program.”
As you can see in the charts below, total volume of new capacity installed so far for the year is running 43 per cent ahead of the same time in 2025 and the total volume for July has charted a 6 per cent increase on the figures in June.
