PROPERTY owners in Logan's western suburbs are overwhelmingly embracing solar energy, according to a Climate Council report released today.
The Climate Council report findings reveal 3479 rooftop solar panels have been installed in Jimboomba, South and North Maclean, accounting for 60.9 per cent of all properties.
Jimboomba ranks as the second most solar friendly suburb in Queensland, behind Elimbah in the Moreton Bay region, where a record breaking 70.6 per cent of homes have rooftop solar.
The Climate Council ranked Tamborine as third with 59.6 per cent of dwellings solar powered.
Boronia Heights, Greenbank and New Beith were among the top 10 with 56.1 per cent of properties running on rooftop solar.
A Logan City Council spokesperson said residents have embraced alternative energy sources.
"Over the past decade, 39,000 individual solar PV systems have been installed across the city, representing 161 megawatts of capacity," the spokesperson said.
"The life span of the panels is 25 years with the cost of new systems expected to be recouped within eight years."
This comes as Logan City Council identified five of their sites as suitable for the installation of solar systems in the 2019-2020 budget year.
The council plans to install a 100 kilowatt system for the Logan North Aquatic Centre and a 70 kilowatt system at the Mount Warren Park Sports Centre.
Almost 30 council buildings are already fitted with solar panels including the Marsden depot, Logan Metro Sports and Events Centre, Beenleigh Library, Browns Plains Recycling Centre and the Slacks Creek Animal Management Centre.
The Climate Council report found 33 per cent of Queensland homes have solar panels installed, more than any other state or territory in Australia.
