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Your Suburb’s Solar Snapshot: Prices, Installers & Local Rules
If you’re thinking about installing solar, one of the first questions is usually, “Who’s a good installer in my area?” Closely followed by, “How much should I expect to pay?” and “Are there any local rules I should know about?”
To make those questions easier to answer, SolarQuotes has launched suburb pages covering locations across Australia. Each page brings together reviews of active SolarQuotes-vetted installers, average installation prices, network information and other useful details in one place. [Read more…]
Intersolar 2026: Europe’s Biggest Solar Show, In A City That Couldn’t Keep Cool
Last week I went to Intersolar Europe in Munich, and the first thing to tell you is the scale (watch my video above to get a real feel for the exhibition).
A Solar Battery’s Secret Lever: The Minimum Reserve Level
The minimum level of charge a battery will keep up its sleeve can be customised to best suit your priorities – whether it’s maximising energy trading profits, blackout protection or reducing degradation. You can even tweak it temporarily in response to unusual conditions – as I found during a power price surge earlier this week.
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Grinding Roof Tiles Leaves A Giant Solar Mess
You might have noticed that grinding artificial stone kitchen benchtops was banned in 2024.
Health and safety laws have caught up with the silica dust created when grinding cement products, and for solar installation that means dry grinding tiles is no longer acceptable. [Read more…]
Spilt Milk? AEMC Pushes Simpler Electricity Pricing
Electricity pricing has become so complicated that Australia’s energy rule-maker wants future power plans to be as easy to understand as buying milk.
That’s one of the key messages from a major Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) review released last week, which sets out a long-term roadmap for simplifying electricity pricing as rooftop solar, home batteries and electric vehicles become increasingly common. [Read more…]
Do You Have The Right Inverter For 3 Free Hours Of Power?
SolarQuotes customer Louise Potgieter invested in a home battery system expecting to cut her bills down to size. She went on holiday, only to return to an unpleasantly large bill. She’s written about what happened, what to look out for, and how the right inverter paired with a 3 free hours of power plan solved the predicament.
Kerbside EV Charging Options Surge Across Australia
Two years ago, SolarQuotes explored one of the trickier challenges facing would-be EV owners: how do you charge an electric car if you don’t have a driveway?
The solutions ranged from cable covers and drainpipes to charge gullies and elevated cable systems. There was no shortage of ideas, and the comments section quickly filled with alternative suggestions, objections and debate.
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Solar Batteries For Apartments Are Finally Here
Shared batteries could play a bigger role in apartment solar, with Melbourne-based Allume Energy launching SolShare 2, a new version of its solar-sharing technology that allows multi-residential buildings to combine shared rooftop solar with battery storage.
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Solar Sharer: 3 Hours Of Free Power Explained
Three hours of free electricity every day sounds like a pretty good deal on the face of it.
That’s the promise behind the Solar Sharer Offer, a new scheme launching in NSW, South-East Queensland and South Australia from July 2026.
In a recent SolarQuotes video, SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock breaks down what’s actually going on — and why “free power” isn’t quite as simple as it sounds. [Read more…]
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