Rooftop solar installation
Panels, inverter and the wiring to the board. The size that suits you depends on when you actually use power.
Solar and home batteries
Make your own power and use more of it yourself. Rooftop solar, a home battery, or both – sized to when your household actually uses electricity, not to the biggest system that fits on the roof.
A common sign
“Our power bill is huge and the roof is doing nothing.”
About Solar and home batteries
Make it, store it, use it.
Solar panels make power during the day. A battery stores what you don’t use so you can run the house on it at night, and some can keep the lights on in a blackout if they’re wired for it. They’re separate jobs – you can add a battery to panels you already have.
The best system isn’t the biggest one. It’s the one sized to when you use power. That’s why it pays to sort your insulation, hot water and heating first: a house that needs less power needs a smaller system.
Helps with
Power bills you can’t seem to shift
Helps with
Panels exporting power while you buy it back at night
Helps with
Losing power in a blackout
Do this first
Get your power use down before you size a system. Every bit of power you don’t need is panels and storage you don’t have to buy.
Not sure what you need?
Panels, a battery, or both?
Look at what’s already on your roof, and when your household uses power.
Help me decide
No panels on the roof yetRooftop solar installation
Panels, but home all eveningHome battery installation
An older system that needs moreSolar and battery upgrades
A battery, or about to buy oneVirtual power plant (VPP) battery connection
A block a long way from the gridOff-grid solar and battery systems
Output lower than it used to beSolar system maintenance
Not sure what you use?Get a home energy assessment
6 upgrades in this category
Choose the upgrade you need.
Not sure which one? Start with the problem you’re trying to solve, or find a specialist who can assess your home.
Home battery installation
Stores what the roof makes in the day for the evening, and keeps the lights on in an outage if it is wired for it.
Solar and battery upgrades
Adding panels, replacing an ageing inverter, or fitting a battery to a system that never had one.
Virtual power plant (VPP) battery connection
Connects your home battery to a virtual power plant, which can pay you for letting the grid draw on it at busy times. Some battery rebates require it, so ask before you choose a battery.
Off-grid solar and battery systems
Solar panels, batteries and usually a backup generator, sized to run the home with no grid connection at all. Most common on rural blocks a long way from the poles.
Solar system maintenance
Panel cleaning, output checks and isolator faults. A system quietly underperforming for years is common.
Not sure where to start?
Stop guessing, start saving: find your home’s energy score.
Don’t waste money on upgrades you don’t need. A professional home energy assessment shows where your house loses heat and power, so your budget goes where it makes the biggest difference.
Find an assessor near meSolar and battery installers
Find solar and battery installers near you.
A few of the 1389 listed across Australia
Green Sky Solar
4.9 119 Google reviews
Rooftop solar installationHome battery installationSolar system maintenanceHome EV charger installationSolar and battery upgradesSolar compatible EV charging
Serves Braeside and surrounding suburbs | Based in Braeside
NETCC (supplied by the business)Solar Accreditation Australia (supplied by the business)
CBR Renewable Energy Solutions
5.0 69 Google reviews
Home battery installationSolar system maintenanceHome EV charger installationRooftop solar installationSolar and battery upgradesHeat pump hot water systemsInduction cooktop installationSwitchboard upgrades
Serves Indigo, Wangaratta and 3 more | Based in Rutherglen
Design Electrics
5.0 35 Google reviews
Rooftop solar installationHome EV charger installationLED lighting upgradesHome battery installationSolar and battery upgradesVirtual power plant (VPP) battery connectionSolar system maintenanceThree phase power upgradesSolar compatible EV chargingSmart lighting controlsHome energy monitoring
Serves Hallam and surrounding suburbs | Based in Hallam
Volt Solar Australia
4.8 293 Google reviews
Rooftop solar installationSplit system air conditioningDucted reverse cycle heating and coolingHome battery installationHeat pump hot water systemsVirtual power plant (VPP) battery connectionSwitchboard upgradesSolar and battery upgradesAir conditioning servicing
Serves Truganina and surrounding suburbs | Based in Truganina
Saving Energy
4.9 75 Google reviews
Split system air conditioningDucted reverse cycle heating and coolingHome battery installationHeat pump hot water systemsAir conditioning servicingSwitchboard upgradesRooftop solar installationSolar and battery upgradesOff-grid solar and battery systems
Serves all of VIC | Based in Ravenhall
Before you choose an installer
See our guides on solar and home batteries.
Related goal
Solar is one way to cut the bill. It isn’t the only one.
If your real goal is a lower power bill, using less often comes before making more. See the upgrades worth considering – and the order that can save you money.