{"id":21825,"date":"2018-05-29T14:19:22","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T03:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=21825"},"modified":"2018-09-10T14:29:48","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T03:59:48","slug":"the-good-solar-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"The Good Solar Guide: 7 Steps To Tiny Bills For Australian Homeowners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/good-solar-guide\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22367 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/good-solar-guide-order.png\" alt=\"Order the Good Solar Guide by Finn Peacock\" width=\"700\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/good-solar-guide-order.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/good-solar-guide-order-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Almost 10 years ago, I sat down for 2 weeks in Brighton Public Library and put everything I knew about residential solar power systems into my battered old laptop. I used the free Wi-Fi to upload that information to a home-brewed website called SolarQuotes. The knowledge was picked up from working for the Energy Transformed Flagship at CSIRO combined with my broader background in electrical engineering.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, millions of people have visited the site; which has been continuously improved over the years.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>By answering tens of thousands of questions via email, blog comments, Facebook and even the good old telephone, I&#8217;ve learned what questions Australians have when buying solar and where they often slip up.\u00a0I&#8217;ve also learned why some people choose not to get solar power &#8211; even after receiving 3 good quotes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They are skeptical of the benefits. Is solar power really a good investment?<\/li>\n<li>They are put off by spending thousands of dollars &#8211; and are unaware of low-cost finance options that often give positive cash flow.<\/li>\n<li>They are wary about buying a lemon from an industry with hundreds of solar panel brands available.<\/li>\n<li>They are worried they may choose a bad installer from the many installation companies vying for their business.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although most of these questions and apprehensions are\u00a0covered somewhere on the\u00a0SolarQuotes website, I&#8217;ve increasingly sensed the need for a well structured, self-contained package of information that definitively lays out what Australians need to know to buy solar confidently and get their electricity bills down. Ideally in a format that you can curl up with on the couch (or throw at an unsolicited solar-selling doorknocker<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/#en-21825-1' id='enref-21825-1' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(21825)'>1<\/a><\/sup>).<\/p>\n<p>But this time it didn&#8217;t take me 2 weeks. It has taken me 2 years<sup class='endnote'><a href='https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/#en-21825-2' id='enref-21825-2' onclick='return hhEndnotes_show(21825)'>2<\/a><\/sup> to sit down and download all the solar information swirling around my head and on my website into a real bookstore book.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been quite an experience, and certainly a lot more involved than banging up a blog post. I&#8217;ve learned about structural edits, copy edits, typesetting ISBNs and publishing. The enforced discipline of publishing a real book has forced me to think about everything the average person needs to know about solar power and lay it out in a coherent structure that can be easily read without staring at a screen. \u00a0I&#8217;m really happy with the resulting fifty-odd thousand words, 205 pages and 47 illustrations.<\/p>\n<p>The Good Solar Guide was released on 14th June 2018 and you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/good-solar-guide\/\">order the book here<\/a>. The book is a step-by-step, paint-by-numbers approach to understanding, specifying and buying a solar power system that will deliver the security of low electricity bills for decades.<\/p>\n<p>The book is primarily for homeowners who haven&#8217;t yet put solar panels on their roof, but I hope it will also be a valuable read for anyone who wants to understand solar better, whether they are policy wonks, new solar salespeople or simply those who find the transition to rooftop energy generation as fascinating as I do.<\/p>\n<p>In this video I explain exactly what I filled those 205 pages with:<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"The Good Solar Guide - 7 Steps To Tiny Bills For Australian Homeowners\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WOzoYuAX4-8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/good-solar-guide\/\">Here&#8217;s that pre order link again<\/a>, just in case you missed it \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost 10 years ago, I sat down for 2 weeks in Brighton Public Library and put everything I knew about residential solar power systems into my battered old laptop. I used the free Wi-Fi to upload that information to a home-brewed website called SolarQuotes. The knowledge was picked up from working for the Energy Transformed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57],"tags":[112],"class_list":["post-21825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-installation","tag-buyers-guide","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.2 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Announcing The Good Solar Guide - A Book By Finn Peacock<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"I spent 2 years downloading everything I&#039;ve learned about buying solar power into a real, bookstore book. Why I wrote The Good Solar Guide and what&#039;s in it.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Good Solar Guide: 7 Steps To Tiny Bills For Australian Homeowners\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I spent 2 years downloading everything I&#039;ve learned about buying solar power into a real, bookstore book. Why I wrote The Good Solar Guide and what&#039;s in it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-05-29T03:49:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-09-10T03:59:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/good-solar-guide-order.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Finn Peacock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@FinnPeacock\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Finn Peacock\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/495c35fb3086e6ef93220dcf2472b178\"},\"headline\":\"The Good Solar Guide: 7 Steps To Tiny Bills For Australian Homeowners\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-29T03:49:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-09-10T03:59:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":565,\"commentCount\":8,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/good-solar-guide-order.png\",\"keywords\":[\"buyers guide\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Solar Installation\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/\",\"name\":\"Announcing The Good Solar Guide - A Book By Finn Peacock\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/good-solar-guide-order.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-05-29T03:49:22+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-09-10T03:59:48+00:00\",\"description\":\"I spent 2 years downloading everything I've learned about buying solar power into a real, bookstore book. Why I wrote The Good Solar Guide and what's in it.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/good-solar-guide-order.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/good-solar-guide-order.png\",\"width\":700,\"height\":350,\"caption\":\"Order the Good Solar Guide by Finn Peacock\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/the-good-solar-guide\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Solar Installation\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/solar-installation\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Good Solar Guide: 7 Steps To Tiny Bills For Australian Homeowners\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Blog\",\"description\":\"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/05\\\/solarquotes-logo.png\",\"width\":592,\"height\":600,\"caption\":\"SolarQuotes\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/SolarQuotes\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/solar_quotes\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/solarquotes\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/au.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/solarquotes\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/user\\\/SolarQuotesAustralia\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/495c35fb3086e6ef93220dcf2472b178\",\"name\":\"Finn Peacock\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6416cde752d8e0b695acfadb239ba7b7026ae219306ca29f9eb28780087cbcbf?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6416cde752d8e0b695acfadb239ba7b7026ae219306ca29f9eb28780087cbcbf?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/6416cde752d8e0b695acfadb239ba7b7026ae219306ca29f9eb28780087cbcbf?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Finn Peacock\"},\"description\":\"I'm a Chartered Electrical Engineer, Solar and Energy Efficiency nut, dad, and the founder of SolarQuotes.com.au. I started SolarQuotes in 2009 and the SolarQuotes blog in 2013 with the belief that it\u2019s more important to be truthful and objective than popular. My last \\\"real job\\\" was working for the CSIRO in their renewable energy division. Since 2009, I\u2019ve helped over 800,000 Aussies get quotes for solar from installers I trust. Read my full bio.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/FinnPeacock\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Announcing The Good Solar Guide - A Book By Finn Peacock","description":"I spent 2 years downloading everything I've learned about buying solar power into a real, bookstore book. Why I wrote The Good Solar Guide and what's in it.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Good Solar Guide: 7 Steps To Tiny Bills For Australian Homeowners","og_description":"I spent 2 years downloading everything I've learned about buying solar power into a real, bookstore book. Why I wrote The Good Solar Guide and what's in it.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2018-05-29T03:49:22+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-09-10T03:59:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":350,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/good-solar-guide-order.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Finn Peacock","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@FinnPeacock","twitter_site":"@solar_quotes","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/"},"author":{"name":"Finn Peacock","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/495c35fb3086e6ef93220dcf2472b178"},"headline":"The Good Solar Guide: 7 Steps To Tiny Bills For Australian Homeowners","datePublished":"2018-05-29T03:49:22+00:00","dateModified":"2018-09-10T03:59:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/"},"wordCount":565,"commentCount":8,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/good-solar-guide-order.png","keywords":["buyers guide"],"articleSection":["Solar Installation"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/","name":"Announcing The Good Solar Guide - A Book By Finn Peacock","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/good-solar-guide-order.png","datePublished":"2018-05-29T03:49:22+00:00","dateModified":"2018-09-10T03:59:48+00:00","description":"I spent 2 years downloading everything I've learned about buying solar power into a real, bookstore book. Why I wrote The Good Solar Guide and what's in it.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/good-solar-guide-order.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/good-solar-guide-order.png","width":700,"height":350,"caption":"Order the Good Solar Guide by Finn Peacock"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-good-solar-guide\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Solar Installation","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-installation\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Good Solar Guide: 7 Steps To Tiny Bills For Australian Homeowners"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","name":"SolarQuotes Blog","description":"An independent reckoning of the Aussie solar scene","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization","name":"SolarQuotes","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/solarquotes-logo.png","width":592,"height":600,"caption":"SolarQuotes"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","https:\/\/x.com\/solar_quotes","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/solarquotes\/","https:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/company\/solarquotes","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/SolarQuotesAustralia"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/495c35fb3086e6ef93220dcf2472b178","name":"Finn Peacock","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6416cde752d8e0b695acfadb239ba7b7026ae219306ca29f9eb28780087cbcbf?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6416cde752d8e0b695acfadb239ba7b7026ae219306ca29f9eb28780087cbcbf?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6416cde752d8e0b695acfadb239ba7b7026ae219306ca29f9eb28780087cbcbf?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","caption":"Finn Peacock"},"description":"I'm a Chartered Electrical Engineer, Solar and Energy Efficiency nut, dad, and the founder of SolarQuotes.com.au. I started SolarQuotes in 2009 and the SolarQuotes blog in 2013 with the belief that it\u2019s more important to be truthful and objective than popular. My last \"real job\" was working for the CSIRO in their renewable energy division. Since 2009, I\u2019ve helped over 800,000 Aussies get quotes for solar from installers I trust. Read my full bio.","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/","https:\/\/x.com\/FinnPeacock"],"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/good-solar-guide-order.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-5G1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100100,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/researching-solar-page-for-your-suburb\/","url_meta":{"origin":21825,"position":0},"title":"Finding A Solar Installer In Your Suburb","author":"Kim Wainwright","date":"July 1, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Installation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Installation","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-installation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Neighbourhood solar installer finder","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/neighbourhood-solar-installer.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/neighbourhood-solar-installer.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/neighbourhood-solar-installer.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/neighbourhood-solar-installer.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/neighbourhood-solar-installer.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":101125,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-power-nation-hundreds-complaints\/","url_meta":{"origin":21825,"position":1},"title":"Solar Power Nation Clean Bowled By Hundreds Of Complaints","author":"Jacob Boyd","date":"August 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A major solar retailer operating under four different names - and promoted by retired cricketer Michael Clarke - faces multiple investigations after copping hundreds of complaints, ranging from allegations of dodgy worksmanship to unrefunded deposit payments for installs that never happened. What Is Solar Power Nation Accused Of? From July\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Installation&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Installation","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-installation\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Michael Clarke promoting Solar Power Nation","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/solar-power-nation.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/solar-power-nation.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/solar-power-nation.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/solar-power-nation.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/solar-power-nation.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":100988,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/government-expands-solar-rebates-for-commercial-rooftops\/","url_meta":{"origin":21825,"position":2},"title":"Government Expands Solar Rebates For Commercial Rooftops","author":"Kim Wainwright","date":"August 6, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The federal government has announced a major expansion of Australia's Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES), opening the door for much larger commercial rooftop solar systems to receive the same type of upfront incentive that helped drive Australia's household solar boom. Under the proposal, the SRES threshold would increase tenfold from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Commercial Solar&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Commercial Solar","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/commercial-solar\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Commercial solar panels","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/commercial-solar-sres-expansion.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/commercial-solar-sres-expansion.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/commercial-solar-sres-expansion.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/commercial-solar-sres-expansion.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/commercial-solar-sres-expansion.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":100266,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/virtual-energy-network-trial\/","url_meta":{"origin":21825,"position":3},"title":"Virtual Energy Network Trial Delivers Higher Solar Returns","author":"Kim Wainwright","date":"July 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A three-year Australian trial involving almost 300 households has found participants paid less for imported electricity, earned more from their solar exports and became more confident the energy system was working fairly. The households weren't part of a laboratory experiment. They were real customers using retailer Energy Locals and the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Energy Efficiency&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Energy Efficiency","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/energy-efficiency\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Virtual energy network study","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/virtual-energy-network-study.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/virtual-energy-network-study.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/virtual-energy-network-study.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/virtual-energy-network-study.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/virtual-energy-network-study.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":100738,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/charge-ev-three-hours-of-free-power\/","url_meta":{"origin":21825,"position":4},"title":"Can You Charge An EV In Three Hours Of Free Power?","author":"Jacob Boyd","date":"July 31, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Solar Sharer plans featuring free daytime electricity can be great value for EV owners - but there\u2019s a catch. To make the most of the offer, you need a dedicated home charger set to run during the free hours. If you use a regular wall socket and try to guess\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;EV Chargers&quot;","block_context":{"text":"EV Chargers","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/ev-chargers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Two EVs charging in a driveway with an EV charger on the garage.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Solar-Sharer-EV-Charging-Header.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Solar-Sharer-EV-Charging-Header.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Solar-Sharer-EV-Charging-Header.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Solar-Sharer-EV-Charging-Header.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Solar-Sharer-EV-Charging-Header.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":100850,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/20000-homes-home-batteries\/","url_meta":{"origin":21825,"position":5},"title":"What 20,000 Homes Reveal About Solar Batteries","author":"Kim Wainwright","date":"July 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"If you've ever wondered what difference a home battery actually makes to the way your home interacts with the grid, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has some new real-world data. Buried in the latest Quarterly Energy Dynamics report is a comparison of 20,000 Australian homes that examines how households\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Battery Storage&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Battery Storage","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/battery-storage\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"AEMO imports exports report 2026","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/aemo-imports-exports-2026-report.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/aemo-imports-exports-2026-report.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/aemo-imports-exports-2026-report.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/aemo-imports-exports-2026-report.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/aemo-imports-exports-2026-report.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21825"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24193,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21825\/revisions\/24193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}