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Nu Energy is an Australian company, and has been providing renewable energy solutions for Australia’s commercial and residential sectors for more than 20 years. They have installed thousands of solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar hot water systems for companies and families.
Nu Energy has a nationwide branch network enabling them to provide service anywhere in Australia.
NU Energy employs over 180 people throughout Australia and only employs qualified electrical installers.
Customer testimonials for Nu Energy are available, and include the following: “I want to tell you that the two young blokes who did the job went about it in a very professional way; courteous and well mannered. I must say you have fine company representatives. Their explanation of the system, and what happens next was very informative”.
“Just a short note to say thank you to the Nu Energy team for installing our 1kW grid connect solar energy system so efficiently. Paper work was submitted per schedule and the reimbursement cheque arrived yesterday without any prompting”.
Generally the reviews are mostly positive but where they are criticised the common theme seems to be Customer Service and delays in installation. Perhaps these can be put down to struggling with rapid growth?
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Nu Energy Reviews (164)
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18 January 2021
05 January 2021
I am so happy that we went ahed with Nu Energy
We installed 15 x 330W panels with Enphase micro-inverters in our inner east Melbourne home last year. The system is making a significant dent to our energy bills. I would recommend Nu Energy to anyone. Excellent customer service from Ben working in with our builder and pool company which made it all the more easier.Inverter rating: 5/5
01 January 2021
Solar for family home
We installed in our Rosanna family home an Enphase system to meet our needs. We don’t have the easiest roof for solar but on the day the installers adapted the original design to ensure we got 17 panels installed. Am loving watching the app to see how much the system generates versus our household consumption. Highly recommended!23 December 2020
Couldn’t be happier
I have just had 13 x 385W Jinko panels with Enphase microinverters installed today in Hawthorn and I'm looking fwd to seeing my energy bill plummet! The installation was efficient, highly professional and would recommend Nu Energy's services to anyone looking to lower their energy bills...Inverter rating: 5/5
23 April 2020
Prompt attention and service follow up
I have a Nu Energy 1.5kw system installed 10 years ago and it has been great with no issues, and generates in excess of 9k/wh on a good day. The original Eversolar inverter has just failed, and I contacted Ben at Nu Energy and he arranged to get a new one delivered, and for installers to contact me.New Zeversolar inverter was couriered to me and installation completed within 8 days. Great effort.
By the way my electrical retailer sent an email suggesting I check my solar as they had picked up it was not working. I had already noticed by the higher electricity bill I had received.
25 November 2019
Very happy and a great experience!
We had 27 panels installed over winter and now starting to really see the fruits of everyone's labour!The app is excellent and i check it daily to schedule the best time and usage for my domestics and all electrical usage. I see my usage and what im sending back to the grid at any time of day. It was sometimes hard to get hold of someone right away but they boys were always attentive and got back to me within 12 hours or so. I am loving my good solar days and would and have recommended Nu Energy again and again.
27 July 2019
19 July 2019
Disgusting shonks that even the ombudsmen couldn't run to ground after confrontation.
Initial discussions with sales staff and contract settling were polite and helpful.. but they are just ring ins not actual employees. The installer was helpful and seemed to be knowledgeable about the job to be performed. Two years approx. later the system failed. Company from Ballarat who installed said installer no longer employed and none of their concern.. New energy were virtually impossible to contact by phone for weeks with only a telstra message of non service. Business premise appears not to exist at given address. Only made contact when ombudsman contacted them and Ben the reportedly new owner rudely acknowledged. Then after demands for photocopy of contracts and much back and forth info about what the inverter read out which was almost unreadable since day one said was informed that they no longer supplied aerosharp and that I could now purchase and have fitted at my expense their new model. The ombudsman who was helpful as can be was then given the run around from who again needed photocopies of the original documents thru him .. This after months and stonewalling of them concluded with would have to proceed with vcat have had no feed in for approx 5 yrs. and the whole debacle has left a bitter taste in my mouth.. why is the government virtually hands off on this. If there is ever a class action kindly add my name to the list to take down these mongrels... do not under any circumstance purchase..I might add that in recent storm I discovered that the installer who as I indicated previously I was satisfied with broke a tile on a terracotta roof left under the panels which then leaked thru and damaged my ceiling when the mastic repair failed.22 October 2018
I have a solar hot water system which has failed three times that they don't want to know about.
Contacting Ben is a waste of time he fobs you off.
Do not deal with this company go to a rep dealer locally you might pay a bit more and not have bad service after your systems are installed
Still waiting for response after six months but i have older panels they say hard to get, bull....
Anyway take a word of advice do not deal with this company
01 September 2017
the salesman was up front it was made in china, but had said it far from junk
when call him out to give a quote had came with zeversolar inverter
he said it backed by one of bigger German inverter .
he said show my your other inverter on wall it was geoprotek.
the zeversolar look so much better made and salesman said look at connectors.
there unit had two female connecter on. I didn't understand what he was talking about
He said if it has to be disconnected it can easy mix wires about and blow you inverter
look at zever it has male and female and cant be mixed up by the untraded eye
As you see for yourself how the paint looks like it got 10 years fading and 2 screws holding it to wall backing plate is rusting and so small.
I replied you know a lot for salesman, his reply im a trained installer and still give the guys a hand when we short handed.
when guy left told me not to turn new solar on to you get the new net meter. They ever offer to check the old unit to make sure it working.
thy ever put some new tubing as he said the last install has put tubing facing the weather. so they place about meter tube running down wall to inverter. I said how much more do I need to give you for that. He said the last installing should had this behind the wall. I said to him I think I still have paper work and he earth Energy has gone broke in Newcastle. He told if I had problem's with old inverter told he who to contact in Sydney. I sorry guys i'm not good letter writer
Inverter rating: 5/5
20 November 2016
10 January 2016
Inverter rating: 1/5
21 October 2015
Inverter rating: 1/5
14 October 2015
09 June 2015
30 November 2014
Each time your down for a couple of months you lose.
The first time it failed I put in a claim for lost income that didn't work either they don't care, Zever always says we are waiting on a shipment to arrive, really.
20 October 2014
19 August 2014
20 December 2013
04 December 2013
About August 2013 their representative arrived and stated the Inverter was faulty and needed replacing. Another 4 months has gone by and still our system hasn't been fixed.
We have now been without solar for over 12 months.
Nu Energy is very loose with the truth and are not to be trusted. If they were the last solar installation company on the planet I wouldn't have solar and I would have more money in my pocket.
11 November 2013
Stay clear......
11 August 2013
Not only was there the loss of feedback to the grid, but the time spent and money on the ongoing phone-calls, arguments, variances in reasons as to why they couldn't resolve the issue. However, they advised that they would install another inverter, but at a cost (even though we were still under warranty for the defective product) The CEO is TOTALLY uncontactable, so no joy there. Check out the Whirlpool forum for the legion of disgruntled customers. Its the same story. Apparently Nu Energy were not concerned with the Customer Feedback on this forum. Go Figure...
24 April 2013
I have warned you. Go to some other supplier.
16 October 2012
Original Review on 23-05-2011:
17 months later we asked Sheree: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
Absolutely and even better than expected16 September 2012
Original Review on 15-07-2011:
Connection still hasn't been done due to the installers incorrectly doing their job. Just got another electrian to fix everything and now waiting on the electrical certificate.Should have had it connected 2 months ago.
14 months later we asked Regan: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
Definately. We are making huge savings since installing the system. It will pay itself off in about 18 months13 September 2012
Original Review on 02-05-2011:
Very quick install, less than 7 days from purchase and this includes Inspection and sign off17 months later we asked Paul: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
Yes13 September 2012
Original Review on 23-08-2010:
Five weeks have now passed since we paid a deposit. I would like to think that it will be in place within the three months time frame.25 months later we asked Max: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
The system is performing better than my expectations12 September 2012
Original Review on 24-03-2011:
Deposit paid but not yet installed so hard to comment just yet.18 months later we asked Lukkina: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
No12 September 2012
Original Review on 04-08-2011:
I had quotes ranging from 9,500 to 5000.Nu Energy were the best organised re information,the panels and Inverters they offered compared very well with the others (Aurora inverter; QSE 260 watt panels).
The installation was done on time and efficiently,plus the electrical supplier connected within the 10 working days as per the contract(which requires paper work from myself and Nu energy to be done on time).
I could not see the difference re equipment ,between the Nu Energy quote and all the others ( I checked panels and Inverters on line etc.)
I paid 5,000
14 months later we asked David: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
yes the system has performed as promised, I am very happy with the outcome .11 September 2012
Original Review on 17-06-2011:
This whole solar thing is still a very much unknown topic. My system a 2.08 kWh ($3863) through Nu Energy was on average 55% cheaper than 10 other suppliers. It has only been up and running for 2 weeks producing anywhere between 2.5 kWh - 7 kWh per day which I'm told is okay for this time of the year. Until the correct import / export meter is installed (on average 4 months after completion of the system) the unit is obviously not returning us any real benefit. Sure my unit maybe a cheaper system however this is what my budget allowed. It has the same warranty as the other units. Time will be a crucial factor in all the new systems being installed as to quality and how long the companies stick around for once the work slows down. As far as Nu Energy goes they have been great. A special thanks to Tom and his team of installers for a fantastic job.15 months later we asked Mike: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
yes definitely.11 September 2012
Original Review on 26-05-2011:
I have only had the system for less than a week and it is not yet connected to the grid so My comments must be viewed in that light. The system is actually 2.5 kw and the $7200 I thought was good value with the 3 kw inverter (10 yr warranty). I was pretty keen to have someone with a local office. Nu energy had staff who came when they said they would, did what they said they would and performed a friendly and efficient service.I found solar quotes informative and a very good place to start for getting my head around the solar power world. Thanks for you efforts.
Paul from Hobart
16 months later we asked Paul: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
Over the financial year I have received about %10 of my purchase price in power savings. The system was installed at a lower angle than most in the area, I still wonder if that was a good decision.09 September 2012
Original Review on 06-08-2010:
Salesman from two free quotes seemed very helpful.25 months later we asked Stephen: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
Yes it seems to be going fine .08 September 2012
Original Review on 05-07-2010:
27 months later we asked Greg: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
yes its a shame the bloody goverment keeps changing the rules on feed in taffies i went from 66 cents to 4405 September 2012
Original Review on 31-05-2010:
28 months later we asked Ian: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
No problems so far with any part of the system.05 September 2012
Original Review on 31-07-2010:
NU ENERGY NEEDED PROMPTING TO OBTAIN A RECEIPT/FEEDBACK. STAFF I DEALT WITH WERE PLEASANT AND CO-OPERATIVE. OBTAINED AN INSTALL DATE SIX WEEKS AFTER PAYING DEPOSIT.INSTALLATION DUE IN TWELVE DAY'S. AS OF TODAY'S DATE.
26 months later we asked MAXWELL: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
THE SYSTEM HAS EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS.05 September 2012
Original Review on 25-08-2010:
Nuenergy were great in their upfront service and details. The contracters were very professional and answered all questions that we had. They didn't even mind us watching them do their work (as I know alot of contractors dont like this). All I can say is Nuenergy keep up your professional service, I've already passed on your name to a few of our friends as they themselves are looking at solar energy.25 months later we asked Tracey: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
Yes and so much more05 September 2012
Original Review on 01-06-2010:
28 months later we asked Rebecca: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
The panels have outperformed our expectations & they should have paid for themselves in about 3 years - of course the feed in Tariff has dropped quite a bit since ours were installed!!!05 September 2012
Original Review on 30-11-2010:
This company is a little un organised and the accounts are very very slow, but I recommend that you you put up with this, as the installers are A grade and the quality of installation was great. I checked everything including the roof space, where I found neatly pin cliped cables and no broken tiles.I have installed a 2.5Kw system @ $7600 plus $385 for level 2 Electrician to install meter for buy back.
I face north in zone 3 and in 71 days @.60c a Kw I generated $495. My best day so far was 15.5Kw or $9.30. Please note new NSW customers only get 20c per KW but if you go with AGL they are paying a premium currently of 8c Kw subject to change, so It is still possible to get 28c a KW so new customers could break even in about 6 to 7 years, after that its 100 percent savings.
21 months later we asked Sean: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
The system is on track to pay the $8000 installation cost back in 4 years I am making approx $500 and up a quarter at 60c a KW depending on the time of year and weather.In 2 years I have generated 6500KW which at 60c a KW = $3900 . I live in Sydney and the panels face North with no shade and are installed at 30 deg slop fixed position non tracking.
04 September 2012
Original Review on 06-12-2010:
though company is in metropolitan Melbourne they use local electricians to install system; in case of a problem customer gets quick service because of a local installer.21 months later we asked Edmund: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
overall yes apart from the problem with the inverter04 September 2012
Original Review on 30-08-2010:
GREAT TRADE PERSONS25 months later we asked FRANK: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
yes04 September 2012
Original Review on 18-02-2011:
19 months later we asked Garry: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
no04 September 2012
Original Review on 16-06-2010:
27 months later we asked Dave: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
Going well, although my installer, Sunsavers, does not exist anymore!04 September 2012
Original Review on 17-06-2010:
not having it done in the time quoted 3 months now tell us another 4weeks before instalation27 months later we asked Keith: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
yes01 September 2012
Original Review on 22-06-2010:
Too early to tell. Installation not complete yet, inverter still to come, connection to the grid to be made yet.27 months later we asked Peter: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
Yes, so far so good.It is only 2 years since installation - it will be more interesting to see the performance in 5, 10 and more years.
01 September 2012
31 August 2012
Original Review on 18-06-2010:
27 months later we asked Lyle: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
Yes, the system has performed very well and the installers were very efficient during the installation. It is providing more than enough excess power back into the grid that I have not had to pay a power bill since installation 2.5 years ago.This is a 3kw system. You would have to be mindful if you run a reverse cycle airconditioner regularly. We tend to use the evaporative all the time in summer almost 24hrs a day, sometimes.
30 August 2012
Original Review on 17-06-2010:
the buying,installing ,and paying for the system was all good27 months later we asked Brian: "Are you happy with the performance of your system so far?"
yes very happy with it as i have a credit of 400 dollars with my power supplier07 August 2012
29 June 2012
28 June 2012
Quality installation & fantastic service!
We were one of the early adopters of solar, and NuEnergy installed our 1.5kW system over 11 years ago that hadn't skipped a beat since the day it was installed. Then suddenly during COVID lockdown, we got a text from Solar Trip telling us that our PV system is not exporting power to the grid.With the system our of warranty, we were at loss as to what to do since it was out of warranty. We called NuEnergy as a long shot, but they treated us as if we just had our system installed. The excellent customer service we received is beyond anything we could have hoped to expect after 11 years!
To cut the story short, they really did all of the leg work and running around without us having to do anything our end. They explained everything to us clearly, gave us realistic options and organized for everything that needed to be done to get our system back up and running again.
Amazing company to deal with, one we highly recommend to anyone looking for genuine customer service and honest, reliable advice. They really know what they're doing and you won't find better out there.
Panel rating: 5/5
Inverter rating: 5/5