{"id":37529,"date":"2020-02-20T05:39:04","date_gmt":"2020-02-19T19:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=37529"},"modified":"2024-06-05T11:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T01:56:17","slug":"ikea-solar-australia-mb1414","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/","title":{"rendered":"IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37530\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar.jpg\" alt=\"IKEA - home solar power\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar-768x403.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It won&#8217;t be long before Australians will be able to buy a solar power system along with their flat-pack furniture at IKEA.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/finance\/business\/retail\/ikea-to-begin-selling-home-solar-panels-in-april\/news-story\/c215e8355a77f6ba3ca536ebec9810f9\">News.com.au reported yesterday<\/a> the company will first kick off a trial for IKEA employees, followed by a general rollout in Western Australia in April, New South Wales and Queensland shortly after, and the rest of the country by July this year.<\/p>\n<p>IKEA won&#8217;t be the first major retailer to sell solar power packages in-store. A few have taken a crack at it in Australia, but I&#8217;m not aware of any being particularly successful.<\/p>\n<p>In IKEA&#8217;s case, it could work out well. The partner they have chosen for this venture is Perth-headquartered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installer-review\/solargain\/\">SolarGain<\/a> &#8211; which has also been part of the SolarQuotes installer network for around a decade. SolarGain has been operating for more than 20 years and currently has more than 170 staff members nationally.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the cheap and nasty packages that have appeared at some big retailers, SolarGain uses reputable brands such as LG, SunPower, Longi and Jinko Solar for panels, and inverter brands including Fronius and ABB.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not clear what will be included in the IKEA-sold &#8220;Solstrale&#8221; packages, but there will be several to choose from including one offering battery storage. Australia will be the eighth country where IKEA has rolled out a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar101.html\">home solar power<\/a> offering and the first market outside of Europe for it to have done so. By 2025, IKEA aims to make home solar available in-store across 30 markets.<\/p>\n<p>IKEA&#8217;s expansion into home solar hasn&#8217;t all been smooth sailing. OneStepOffTheGrid <a href=\"https:\/\/onestepoffthegrid.com.au\/ikea-to-start-offering-its-home-solar-systems-in-australia-this-year\/\">points out<\/a> the company ran into trouble in Germany over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pv-magazine.com\/2019\/04\/29\/ikeas-solar-offer-in-germany-criticized-by-consumer-association\/\">consumer law related issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>IKEA&#8217;s Own Solar Energy Efforts<\/h2>\n<p>As well as selling solar systems, IKEA has been using wind and solar energy to help power its stores, offices and other buildings for around a decade. These haven&#8217;t been token systems either; in Australia some of the IKEA stores to have panels installed include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Logan (QLD): 740kW<\/li>\n<li>Rhodes (NSW): 430kW<\/li>\n<li>Tempe (NSW): 990kW<\/li>\n<li>Richmond (VIC): 720kW<\/li>\n<li>Springvale (VIC): 950kW<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A page on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ikea.com\/th\/en\/this-is-ikea\/sustainable-everyday\/home-solar-pubf1153c43\">IKEA website<\/a> states 750,000 solar panels have been installed on its buildings around the world, but that figure may be a bit dated as it reached the 700,000 mark back in 2016. As part of its \u201cPeople &amp; Planet Positive\u201d strategy, IKEA Group committed to generating as much renewable energy as it consumes in its operations by this year.<\/p>\n<p>IKEA has also used its flat-pack ninja skills to help develop solar powered emergency accommodation for refugees called <a href=\"https:\/\/bettershelter.org\">Better Shelter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No company is perfect, but it&#8217;s great to see IKEA giving renewable energy such a red-hot go. And aside from the much-needed emissions reduction, using solar power simply <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/commercial-solar-guide.html\">makes good business sense<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It won&#8217;t be long before Australians will be able to buy a solar power system along with their flat-pack furniture at IKEA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":37530,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37529","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 v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It won&#039;t be long before Australians will be able to buy a home solar power system along with their flat-pack furniture at IKEA.\" \/>\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\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It won&#039;t be long before Australians will be able to buy a home solar power system along with their flat-pack furniture at IKEA.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/\" \/>\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=\"2020-02-19T19:09:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-06-05T01:56:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar.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\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-19T19:09:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-05T01:56:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":466,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/ikea-home-solar.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; Storage News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/\",\"name\":\"IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia - SolarQuotes Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/ikea-home-solar.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-19T19:09:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-06-05T01:56:17+00:00\",\"description\":\"It won't be long before Australians will be able to buy a home solar power system along with their flat-pack furniture at IKEA.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/ikea-home-solar.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/ikea-home-solar.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"IKEA - home solar power\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.solarquotes.com.au\\\/blog\\\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\\\/#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\":\"IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia\"}]},{\"@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":"IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia - SolarQuotes Blog","description":"It won't be long before Australians will be able to buy a home solar power system along with their flat-pack furniture at IKEA.","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\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia","og_description":"It won't be long before Australians will be able to buy a home solar power system along with their flat-pack furniture at IKEA.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2020-02-19T19:09:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-06-05T01:56:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar.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\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Bloch","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1"},"headline":"IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia","datePublished":"2020-02-19T19:09:04+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-05T01:56:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/"},"wordCount":466,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar.jpg","articleSection":["General Solar &amp; Storage News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/","name":"IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia - SolarQuotes Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar.jpg","datePublished":"2020-02-19T19:09:04+00:00","dateModified":"2024-06-05T01:56:17+00:00","description":"It won't be long before Australians will be able to buy a home solar power system along with their flat-pack furniture at IKEA.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"IKEA - home solar power"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-solar-australia-mb1414\/#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":"IKEA To Sell Solar Power Systems In Australia"}]},{"@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\/2020\/02\/ikea-home-solar.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-9Lj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43948,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/ikea-adelaide-microgrid-mb1721\/","url_meta":{"origin":37529,"position":0},"title":"IKEA Adelaide&#8217;s Solar + Storage Microgrid Project Progressing","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"October 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The first solar panels have been lifted on to the rooftop of IKEA's retail outlet in Adelaide as part of a major solar power + battery storage microgrid project at the site. The 14,370 sq metre rooftop will host 1.2MW of solar power capacity, and a 3.4MWh battery system housed\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"IKEA Adelaide solar panels and battery system","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ikea-solar-microgrid-adelaide.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ikea-solar-microgrid-adelaide.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ikea-solar-microgrid-adelaide.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ikea-solar-microgrid-adelaide.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ikea-solar-microgrid-adelaide.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20975,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/commercial-solar-corporate-mb0557\/","url_meta":{"origin":37529,"position":1},"title":"Solar Means Business In The USA (And Australia)","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"April 24, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"2017 was the third biggest year for on-site solar installations among the USA's largest companies. The leading business last year was Target for the second year in a row, with 40MW of new capacity installed. While not covering all commercial solar activity in the U.S., the SEIA's latest Solar Means\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"commercial solar power","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/target-solar-power.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/target-solar-power.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/target-solar-power.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/target-solar-power.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4456,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/et-solar-panels-win-government-support\/","url_meta":{"origin":37529,"position":2},"title":"ET Solar Panels win government support","author":"Staff Writer","date":"February 4, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"What do ET Solar Australia and the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) have up their sleeves to promote ET solar panels for large commercial businesses in our country? There\u2019s more than one way to skin a cat. And more than one model for financing solar energy. This was amply demonstrated\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economics Of Solar&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economics Of Solar","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/economics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"commercial solar installation","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/et_plus_cefc.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/et_plus_cefc.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/et_plus_cefc.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":38142,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/longi-renewable-energy-mb1445\/","url_meta":{"origin":37529,"position":3},"title":"Longi Commits To 100% Renewable Electricity","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"March 16, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"China headquartered solar panel manufacturing giant Longi has committed to sourcing 100% renewables-based electricity across all its operations by 2028. The company announced on Friday it had signed on to The Climate Group's RE100, an initiative encouraging the world\u2019s most influential firms to commit to 100% renewable energy. Among RE100's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Longi Solar - renewable energy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/longi-renewable-energy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/longi-renewable-energy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/longi-renewable-energy.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/longi-renewable-energy.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/longi-renewable-energy.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13683,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/jpmorgan-chase-renewables-mb0148\/","url_meta":{"origin":37529,"position":4},"title":"Banking Giant Commits To 100% Renewables","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"August 1, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Financial services goliath JPMorgan Chase has said it will source 100% renewable energy to run its global operations by 2020. The firm has offices and operations in more than 60 countries, including Australia, across more than 5,500 properties. Part of the renewable energy push will be the development of on-site\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"JPMorgan Chase - 100% renewable energy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpmorgan-chase-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpmorgan-chase-solar.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpmorgan-chase-solar.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/jpmorgan-chase-solar.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40211,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sungrow-renewable-energy-mb1544\/","url_meta":{"origin":37529,"position":5},"title":"Sungrow Commits To 100% Renewable Electricity","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"June 1, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"China's Sungrow, one of the world's largest manufacturers of solar inverters, has pledged to switch to 100% renewable energy for its electricity requirements by 2028. The announcement coincided with the firm joining the RE100, a global initiative led by The Climate Group that is bringing together major businesses committed to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;General Solar &amp; Storage News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"General Solar &amp; Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Sungrow 100% renewable energy target","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sungrow-renewable-energy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sungrow-renewable-energy.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sungrow-renewable-energy.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sungrow-renewable-energy.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/sungrow-renewable-energy.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37529","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=37529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84253,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37529\/revisions\/84253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}