Solar panels are in hot demand in Melbourne’s outer suburbs and the state’s regions, with new government figures showing they are taking the lion’s share of the latest solar rebates.

Tarneit, Clyde North, Point Cook, Craigieburn, Truganina, Wyndham Vale, Cranbourne East, Pakenham, Berwick and Cranbourne North top the suburbs with the highest number of solar panels installed under the state government’s Solar Homes program.

Solar panels are in hot demand in Melbourne’s booming outer suburbs and the state’s regions. Credit:Fairfax Media

About 1488 subsidised solar panel sets have been installed in Tarneit, closely followed by Clyde North (1284) and Point Cook (1057).

The rebates are hot property. The Victorian government only offers 3300 a month, and they are often gone within hours of becoming available.