Independent guides on solar panels, batteries, costs and rebates for Australian homes and businesses.
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Three phase power explained in plain English, plus what it actually changes for your solar system: bigger inverters, higher export limits, battery backup and EV charging.
What home battery help you can actually get in your state right now, as at 2 August 2026. The federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program explained, plus every state and territory scheme and whether it stacks.
Current solar feed-in tariff rates for every Australian state and territory, checked against regulator and retailer pages on 2 August 2026, with the named rates and the catches that cost people money.
If your solar company has gone bust, your workmanship warranty is usually gone but your panel and inverter warranties are not. Here is who honours what, how to make a claim, and four Australian cases we verified from public records.
We counted the marketing phrases in 1,611 solar company descriptions. The claims you can actually check are the rarest ones. Here is what each common claim means and how to verify it.
We mapped the 1,250 solar companies in our directory that have usable location data. They sit in 545 postcodes. Here is what thin local coverage costs a homeowner, and how to get real competition into your quotes anyway.
We mapped 1,611 solar companies across 545 postcodes to see where Australians get the most choice. Regional centres beat capital city CBDs, and the reasons matter when you compare quotes.
Homeowners keep asking whether the big national solar company or the small local one gives better service. We compared solar company reviews across 1,222 Australian installers and found a gap of 0.08 stars, which is no help at all. Here is what actually separates them.
We checked the published opening hours of 1,169 Australian solar companies. Most are shut on the weekend, so here is how to get quotes and answers anyway.