Australian Churches with Solar Panels

Many Australian churches are embracing renewable energy in the form of solar both to care for God’s creation and to save money!

The following list is an attempt to collate some of our knowledge of which churches have taken action in this area.

If your church has solar panels and isn’t on this list, please don’t be offended, just help us to make the list better by emailing us (our full name) @ gmail.com

Solar Panel Crosses:

• All Saints Catholic Church Greenwood, WA
• Caloundra Salvation Army, QLD
• Caloundra Uniting Church, QLD
• Campbelltown Uniting Church, NSW
• Infant Jesus Catholic Parish – Morley WA
• O’Connor Uniting Church, ACT
• St George’s Anglican Church Maleny, QLD
• Tecoma Uniting Church, VIC – “Powered by the Son/Sun”

Solar Panels:

NSW

• Adamstown Uniting Church, NSW*
• Boronia Park Uniting Church, NSW
• Bulli Uniting Church, NSW (5kW (20 panels))
• Campbelltown Uniting Church, NSW*
• Campsie Anglican Church, NSW
• Charlestown Anglican Parish, NSW*
• Charlestown Uniting Church, NSW
• Eastwood Uniting Church, NSW
• Engadine Uniting Church, NSW
• Figtree Anglican Church, NSW
• Gordon Uniting Church, NSW
• Gungahlin Uniting Church, NSW
• Hillsong Church, NSW
• Holy Family Catholic Church Lindfield, NSW
• Hoskins Memorial Uniting Church at Lithgow, NSW
• Kiama Uniting Church, NSW (Men’s Shed)
• Kippax Uniting Church, NSW
• Merrylands Baptist Church, NSW
• Morisset Uniting Church, NSW
• Moruya Anglican Church, NSW
• Northbridge-Castlecrag Uniting Church, NSW
• Northmead Uniting Church, NSW
• Oatley Uniting Church, NSW
• Petersham AOG, NSW
• Roseville Uniting Church, NSW
• South Sydney Uniting Church, NSW
• Springwood Uniting Church, NSW*
• St. Anthony in the Fields Catholic Church (Frenchs Forest Parish), NSW (church office)
• St. Bishoy Church Mount Druitt, NSW
• St. Declan Catholic Church, NSW (9.24kW)
• St. George’s Uniting Church, Eden NSW*
• St. Ives Uniting Church, NSW
• St. John’s Anglican Church Bega, NSW
• St. John the Beloved Maronite Catholic Church, NSW
• St. Joseph’s Catholic Parish, Enfield, NSW
• St. Luke’s Uniting Church, Belmont, NSW
• St. Martin by the Sea church Tathra, NSW
• St. Matthew’s Manly, NSW
• St Paul’s Anglican Church Wahroonga, NSW
• St. Stephen’s Anglican Church Belrose, NSW
• Tamworth City Uniting Church, NSW
• Tamworth Southside Uniting Church, NSW
• Tathra Uniting Church, NSW
• Star of the Sea Church Tathra, NSW
• Terrigal Uniting Church, NSW
• Wauchope Uniting Church NSW
• Willoughby Uniting Church, NSW (15.6kW)
• Woolgoolga Uniting Church, NSW

Ravenswood, Pymble Ladies College, MLC, Newington College and Knox Grammar (Uniting Church Schools in NSW)

Uniting NSW/ACT: 2.152MW across multiple Aged Care sites in 2016

ACT

• Canberra Baptist Church, ACT*
• Canberra City Uniting Church, ACT*
• St. James Uniting Church Curtin, ACT
• St. Margaret’s Uniting Church/Holy Cross Anglican Church, ACT
• St. Philip’s Anglican Church O’Connor, ACT
• Wesley Uniting Church, Canberra, ACT (30kW (162 panels))
• Weston Creek Uniting Church, ACT

VIC

• Ascot Vale Uniting Church, VIC (35 panels)
• Barwon Heads Anglican Church and Op Shop, VIC
• Barwon Heads Uniting Church, VIC
• Bentleigh Uniting Church, VIC
• Brunswick Uniting Church, VIC*
• Castlemaine Assembly Of God, VIC (20.8kW)
• Castlemaine Church of Christ, VIC (11kW)
• Castlemaine Uniting Church, VIC
• Encourage Church, VIC (20.8kW)
• Anglican Parish of Gisborne, VIC (20.8kW)
• Gisborne Church of Christ, VIC (7kW)
• Gisborne Uniting Church, VIC (20.8kW)
• Glen Waverley Uniting Church, VIC (30kW)
• Harcourt Uniting Church, VIC (10kW)
• Heatherton-Dingley Uniting Church, VIC
• House of the Rock Church, VIC (20.8kW)
• Kyneton Baptist Church, VIC (5kW)
• Kyneton Uniting Church, VIC (10.5kW)
• The Korean Church of Melbourne, VIC (4.8 kWh (48 panels))
• North Central Living Waters Cluster (Uniting), VIC
• Pathway Baptist Church, VIC (20kW)
• Queenscliff-Point Lonsdale Uniting Church, VIC ?
• St Andrew’s Euroa Uniting Church, VIC
• St Andrew’s Gardiner Uniting Church, VIC (4.995 kWh (27 panels))
• Sunbury Baptist Church, VIC (19.76kW)
• Toorak Uniting Church, VIC
• The Salvation Army Sunbury Corps, VIC (9.4kW)
• The Anglican Parish of Woodend, VIC (11.18kW)
• Wynnum Baptist Church, VIC (24.96kW)

WA

• All Saints Floreat Uniting Church, WA
• Faith Community Church Willetton, WA
• Mandurah Anglican Church, WA
• Pinjarra Uniting Church, WA*
• St. Anselm of Canterbury Anglican Parish Kingsley-North Woodvale WA*
• Star Street Uniting Church, WA*
• St. Cuthbert’s Anglican Parish Darlington, WA
• St. Dennis Catholic Parish Joondanna, WA*
• St. Hilda’s Anglican Church North Perth, WA
• St. John’s Anglican Church Greenwood, WA
• St. Luke’s Anglican Church Maylands, WA*
• Subiaco Church, WA (27kW)
• Swanview Uniting Church, WA*
• The Billabong Uniting Church, WA
• Uniting Church in the City, Wesley Church WA* (the largest solar panel installation in the Perth CBD)
• Wembley Downs Church of Christ, WA*

QLD

• Ashmore Uniting Church, QLD
• Bulimba Uniting Church, QLD
• Chapel Hill Uniting Church, QLD
• Church on the Rise, QLD
• Flametree Baptist Church, QLD
• Good Shepherd Anglican Community Bundaberg West, QLD (hall)
• Indooroopilly Uniting Church, QLD
• Living Church (Presbyterian) Carina, QLD
• Living Faith Uniting Church, QLD
• Longreach Uniting Church, QLD
• NewLife Church Nambour, QLD
• Redcliffe Uniting Church, QLD (12 kW)
• Saint Mary Coptic Church Calamvale, QLD
• St Andrews Anglican Church of Indooroopilly, QLD
• St Andrews Anglican Church South Brisbane, QLD (hall)
• St Anne’s Anglican Church Highfields, QLD (church and parish house)
• St Anthony’s Catholic Church, QLD
• Taringa Baptist Church, QLD
• Townsville Catholic Diocese – 23 schools

NT

• Nightcliff Uniting Church, NT*

TAS

• Launceston North Uniting Church, TAS

SA

• Adelaide West Uniting Church, SA (30kW (120 panels))
• Athelstone Uniting Church, SA (8kW)
• Blackwood Uniting Church, SA (7.5kW (30 panels))
• Clare/Dernancourt Uniting Church, SA
• Coro Uniting Church, SA (raising funds to install)
• Marion-Warradale Uniting Church, SA (in process)
• Playford Uniting Church, SA (15kW)
• Rosefield Uniting Church, SA
• St Andrew’s Uniting Church, Strathalbyn, SA
• St Peter’s Anglican Cathedral, SA (51.75kW)

Solar Hot Water Systems:

• Charlestown Anglican Parish, NSW*
• Church For You, SA
• Swan View Uniting Church, WA*
• Maroubra Junction Uniting Church, NSW* (now Hope Uniting Church)

* = churches who currently hold Five Leaf Eco-Awards