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1The problem · real Victorian data

A decade-old solar boom is now hitting end-of-life

Victoria installed hundreds of thousands of rooftop systems in 2011–2014. Those inverters are failing now, and there's no coordinated plan to find, recover, or recycle them.

Victorian rooftop solar: systems installed per year

12+ yrs · failing nowageing (≤5 yrs to EOL)still in service

Rooftop systems in Victoria

878,220

~20% of every solar system in Australia

Already 12+ years old

248k

installed by 2014, at inverter end-of-life right now

PV waste by 2035

26k t/yr

up from 3k t in 2021, +15% every year

Top 15 Victorian postcodes by all-time total

CER rooftop solar systems, 2001 to Apr 2026

3029 ranks #1

#01

3029

26,873

#02

3977

19,979

#03

3064

19,852

#04

3030

18,356

#05

3978

11,601

#06

3805

9,074

#07

3023

8,717

#08

3806

8,623

#09

3810

8,420

#10

3350

8,205

#11

3551

7,910

#12

3216

7,757

#13

3150

7,713

#14

3754

7,427

#15

3024

7,297

● RealVictorian install counts per year (CER) and state PV waste projections (Sustainability Victoria)

◌ Illustrativeage-band split is our estimate from install year + typical 10–15 yr inverter life

Source: Clean Energy Regulator (to Apr 2026) · Sustainability Victoria, PV material flow analysis

A decade-old solar boom is now hitting end-of-life

Problem

A decade-old solar boom is now hitting end-of-life