{"id":34453,"date":"2019-10-28T05:14:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T18:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=34453"},"modified":"2019-10-28T05:14:00","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T18:44:00","slug":"solarquotes-app-mb1267","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/","title":{"rendered":"SolarQuotes Innovation Making Australian Solar Installers &#8216;Appy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-34457\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app.jpg\" alt=\"SolarQuotes app\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app-1024x538.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An app recently released by SolarQuotes has received very positive feedback from SQ\u2019s installer clients that have started using it.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With companies increasingly being run from just about anywhere rather than just an office, mobile apps are playing a crucial role in keeping a finger on the pulse of a business, getting things done and staying competitive.<\/p>\n<p>The SolarQuotes App (available for <a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/solarquotes\/id1456563829\">iOS<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=solarquotes.com.solarquotes&amp;hl=en\"> Android <\/a> ) enables installers who are part of the SQ network to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>receive solar sales leads &#8211; and immediately act on them.<\/li>\n<li>manage sales leads.<\/li>\n<li>manage their SQ account.<\/li>\n<li>receive, manage and respond to reviews.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The driving force behind development of the app is SolarQuotes Office Manager Chantel Peacock.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The app puts everything our installer clients need when working with us quite literally in their pocket,&#8221; says Chantel. &#8220;They are able to respond from wherever they are to quote enquiries from potential customers and feedback from existing customers, quickly and easily.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>For example, when receiving a solar sales lead, the installer can send a brief text to the potential customer with a single click, letting that person know they&#8217;ll be back in contact shortly regarding a detailed quote.<\/p>\n<h2>\u201cAn App Worth Having\u201d<\/h2>\n<p>Among the installers to already use the app is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installer-review\/goliath-solar-and-electrical\/\"> Goliath Solar &amp; Electrical <\/a> , an SQ platinum-rated company.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;So great to have the SolarQuotes app with all the functionality of the web portal at your fingertips,&#8221; said Goliath founder David Stevens. &#8220;Easy usability with everything we require to keep on top of looking after our clients. Great work to the SolarQuotes team yet again for market-leading service.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>To start using the app, all participating installers need to do is download it and then log in using their existing SolarQuotes credentials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=solarquotes.com.solarquotes&amp;hl=en\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34455 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/google-play-sq.png\" alt=\"Google Play\" width=\"250\" height=\"74\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/au\/app\/solarquotes\/id1456563829\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34454 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/app-store-sq.png\" alt=\"App Store\" width=\"250\" height=\"82\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/\">SolarQuotes<\/a> is Australia&#8217;s most popular online destination for unbiased solar energy purchasing information. Among the website&#8217;s many features is a huge reviews section containing tens of thousands of reviews of panels, inverters and Australian installers. The installer reviews cover hundreds of companies part of the SQ network and many more that aren&#8217;t &#8211; reviews of any Australian solar company are accepted.<\/p>\n<p>More than 429,000 Australians have used SolarQuotes&#8217; free &#8220;get a quote&#8221; service since the company was founded in 2009. It enables potential solar buyers to receive quotes from up to 3 installers matched to their requirements from the company&#8217;s network of approximately 330 thoroughly-screened Australian solar firms.<\/p>\n<p>Solar energy businesses that care about providing quality systems to Australians and who aren&#8217;t already part of the network can learn more about SolarQuotes&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/supplier.php\"> solar sales lead services here <\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An app recently released by SolarQuotes has received very positive feedback from SQ\u2019s installer clients that have started using it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":34457,"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":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34453","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SolarQuotes Innovation Making Australian Solar Installers &#039;Appy<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An app recently released by SolarQuotes has received very positive feedback from SQ\u2019s installer clients that have started using 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\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"SolarQuotes Innovation Making Australian Solar Installers &#039;Appy\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An app recently released by SolarQuotes has received very positive feedback from SQ\u2019s installer clients that have started using it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/\" \/>\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=\"2019-10-27T18:44:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"630\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\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\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"SolarQuotes Innovation Making Australian Solar Installers &#8216;Appy\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-27T18:44:00+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":431,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/solarquotes-app.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; Storage News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/\",\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Innovation Making Australian Solar Installers 'Appy\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/solarquotes-app.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-10-27T18:44:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"An app recently released by SolarQuotes has received very positive feedback from SQ\u2019s installer clients that have started using it.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/solarquotes-app.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/10\\\/solarquotes-app.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"SolarQuotes app\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"General Solar &amp; Storage News\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/category\\\/solar-battery-news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"SolarQuotes Innovation Making Australian Solar Installers &#8216;Appy\"}]},{\"@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\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\",\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r\",\"caption\":\"Michael Bloch\"},\"description\":\"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/michael\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"SolarQuotes Innovation Making Australian Solar Installers 'Appy","description":"An app recently released by SolarQuotes has received very positive feedback from SQ\u2019s installer clients that have started using 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\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"SolarQuotes Innovation Making Australian Solar Installers 'Appy","og_description":"An app recently released by SolarQuotes has received very positive feedback from SQ\u2019s installer clients that have started using it.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2019-10-27T18:44:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Michael Bloch","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@solar_quotes","twitter_site":"@solar_quotes","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Bloch","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1"},"headline":"SolarQuotes Innovation Making Australian Solar Installers &#8216;Appy","datePublished":"2019-10-27T18:44:00+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/"},"wordCount":431,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app.jpg","articleSection":["General Solar &amp; Storage News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/","name":"SolarQuotes Innovation Making Australian Solar Installers 'Appy","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app.jpg","datePublished":"2019-10-27T18:44:00+00:00","description":"An app recently released by SolarQuotes has received very positive feedback from SQ\u2019s installer clients that have started using it.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"SolarQuotes app"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solarquotes-app-mb1267\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"SolarQuotes Innovation Making Australian Solar Installers &#8216;Appy"}]},{"@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\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1","name":"Michael Bloch","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/c65d1fbade4404d88617552594a54366d8ca4a78bd617a48e64f9340c0b5dc09?s=96&d=monsterid&r=r","caption":"Michael Bloch"},"description":"Michael caught the solar power bug after purchasing components to cobble together a small off-grid PV system in 2008. He's been reporting on Australian and international solar energy news ever since.","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/author\/michael\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/solarquotes-app.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-8XH","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":100100,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/researching-solar-page-for-your-suburb\/","url_meta":{"origin":34453,"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":100145,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-installers-warned-fake-reviews-boom\/","url_meta":{"origin":34453,"position":1},"title":"Solar Installers Warned As Fake Reviews Boom","author":"Max Opray","date":"July 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"SolarQuotes General Manager Trevor Glen has called on solar installers to build trust with customers through genuine reviews, amid new analysis showing a surge in searches related to buying fake testimonials. In a speech at the Smart Energy South Australia 2026 event in Adelaide on Tuesday, Trevor said that SolarQuotes\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":"Reviews of an installer","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":100026,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/best-solar-panels-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":34453,"position":2},"title":"Best Solar Panels In Australia 2026: Installer&#8217;s Choice Awards","author":"Finn Peacock","date":"June 30, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w3Ch1fW_PCo Every year, we survey SolarQuotes installers about their favourite solar panel. For the 2026 edition of the Installer's Choice Awards, we asked them: \"If you were putting solar panels on your own roof today, which brand would you choose? Not the house of a customer. Not a display home.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Panels&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Panels","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-panels-2\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"2026 SolarQuotes Installer's Choice Awards - best solar panels","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-awards-solar-panels.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\/2026-awards-solar-panels.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-awards-solar-panels.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-awards-solar-panels.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2026-awards-solar-panels.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":100156,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/best-solar-inverters-2026-installers-choice-awards\/","url_meta":{"origin":34453,"position":3},"title":"Best Solar Inverters In Australia 2026: Installer&#8217;s Choice Awards","author":"Finn Peacock","date":"July 14, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"We recently kicked off the SolarQuotes Installer's Choice Awards with the solar panel brands installers would choose for their own homes. This week, we're turning our attention to the inverter \u2014 the box on the wall that converts DC solar power into the 230 volts AC your home uses. What\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Solar Inverters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Solar Inverters","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-inverters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"SolarQuotes Installer's Choice Awards 2026 - Inverters","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-awards-inverters.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\/2026-awards-inverters.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-awards-inverters.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-awards-inverters.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-awards-inverters.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":100403,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/dont-let-an-uber-driver-install-your-solar\/","url_meta":{"origin":34453,"position":4},"title":"Don\u2019t Let An Uber Driver Install Your Solar","author":"Finn Peacock","date":"July 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"My son asked me the other day how he should get to the airport for a 5am flight. Easy, I said. Book a proper taxi with a longstanding local firm. Whatever you do, don't pre-book an Uber. He looked at me like I'd suggested he send a fax. But I\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":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/uber-solar.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\/uber-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/uber-solar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/uber-solar.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/uber-solar.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/uber-solar.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":100004,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/grinding-roof-tiles-leaves-a-giant-solar-mess\/","url_meta":{"origin":34453,"position":5},"title":"Grinding Roof Tiles Leaves A Giant Solar Mess","author":"Anthony Bennett","date":"June 25, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"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. Solar Installation That Grinds My Gears Recently\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":"Solar panel roof tile grinding","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tile-ground-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\/06\/tile-ground-header.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tile-ground-header.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tile-ground-header.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/tile-ground-header.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\/34453","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\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34453"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34453\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34459,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34453\/revisions\/34459"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}