Battery Storage & Hybrid Solar Systems
Storage sized for the week it rains, and hybrid setups that keep your grid connection as a backstop instead of a bill. Domestic, commercial and agricultural.
Storage Is Where Solar Stops Being a Discount and Starts Being Independence.
A grid-connected solar system without storage sells your surplus to the network for a few cents and buys it back at retail after dark. Storage keeps it. That's the whole idea: on a property with an evening-weighted load it's the difference between a modest saving and a bill that all but disappears.
A hybrid system is the middle ground between grid-connected and fully off-grid. You generate, you store, you use your own power first, and the grid connection sits there as a backstop for the fortnight in February when nothing works properly. You keep the supply charge, you lose almost everything else.
For a lot of properties (particularly those on short, reliable feeders with modest supply charges) a hybrid is the smarter buy and a full disconnection is overkill. We will tell you when that's the case, because a system that suits your site is worth more to us than a bigger invoice.
At a Glance
Not All of These Will Matter to You. One or Two Will.
You use your own power after dark.
The single largest saving for most properties. Solar generated at noon runs the house at 8pm instead of being exported for a few cents.
The lights stay on when the street goes out.
Backup is configured either for essential circuits (fridge, freezer, comms, a pump) or for the whole property, depending on bank size and budget.
Peak tariff exposure drops.
On time-of-use or demand tariffs, discharging through the expensive window is often worth more than the export you gave up.
It's the first stage of going off-grid.
Designed properly, a hybrid installed today becomes the storage half of a full standalone system later without being replaced.
Battery Quotes Vary More Than Any Other Solar Product.
Capacity, chemistry, warranty terms, inverter compatibility and whether the installation includes backup switching all move the number substantially. Two quotes for 'a 15kWh battery' can be genuinely different products with genuinely different lifespans.
When we quote we name the specific product, its usable capacity as opposed to its nominal capacity, its warranted cycles and years, and exactly what the installation includes. That makes our quote comparable to someone else's, which we're comfortable with.
Rebates and incentives for storage change regularly. We'll tell you what currently applies to your property at the assessment rather than advertising a figure here that may have moved.
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Find Out Whether Storage or Standalone Suits Your Property.
We model both against your actual consumption and show you the payback on each. The assessment is free.