{"id":37820,"date":"2020-03-03T05:39:43","date_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:09:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=37820"},"modified":"2020-03-03T05:39:43","modified_gmt":"2020-03-02T19:09:43","slug":"aussii-solar-march-20-mb1428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-march-20-mb1428\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Solar Systems Interest Index \u2013 March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-37819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/aussii-solar-report-february.png\" alt=\"Australian solar power report for February 2020\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/aussii-solar-report-february.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/aussii-solar-report-february-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/aussii-solar-report-february-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/aussii-solar-report-february-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In our latest auSSII report we&#8217;ve added stats to answer the question everyone has been asking &#8211; what proportion of Australian solar buyers are interested in microinverters?<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>OK, so not *everyone* is asking that &#8211; but Finn thought it would be an interesting addition to the report. If this is the first time you&#8217;ve read the auSSII, basically it covers what Australians were looking for in a solar power system during the previous month.<\/p>\n<h2>Solar System Sizing<\/h2>\n<p>Last month, 79% of Australian using our service who had an idea of the system size they wanted were requesting details on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/systems\/6kw\/\">6kW solar system<\/a> or larger; up from 78% in January and 76% in December and November. Just 6% requested details on a 3kW or 4kW system and 15% for 5kW.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37830 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/system-size-preference.png\" alt=\"Solar power system size choice - February 2020\" width=\"700\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/system-size-preference.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/system-size-preference-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Purchase Timeframe For PV<\/h2>\n<p>19% were wanting to buy a system immediately &#8211; a drop on the 23% of eager beavers in January and even more so on December\u2019s 32%. In February, just under 33% were considering a purchase within the next 28 days.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37828 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-purchase-intent.png\" alt=\"Solar purchasing intention timeframe - February 2020\" width=\"700\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-purchase-intent.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-purchase-intent-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Quality vs. Cost Considerations<\/h2>\n<p>February saw just over 13% indicating a preference for a \u201ctop quality\u201d (most expensive) solar package, around the same as January. 79% were wanting a system offering a balance between quality and cost, while close to 8% wanted details on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/budget-solar-buying-tips\/\">good quality budget system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37827 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-price-quality.png\" alt=\"Solar power cost vs. quality - February 2020\" width=\"700\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-price-quality.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-price-quality-300x193.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Solar Consumption Monitoring<\/h2>\n<p>The level of interest in advanced consumption monitoring in February was the same as January &#8211; around 65%. Find out why <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/good-solar-guide\/monitoring-systems\/\">advanced solar monitoring<\/a> is a very good idea.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37826 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-energy-monitoring.png\" alt=\"Advanced Solar Consumption Monitoring - February 2020\" width=\"700\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-energy-monitoring.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-energy-monitoring-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Microinverter Interest<\/h2>\n<p>A microinverter is a small inverter around the size of a paperback book that attaches to the back of or next to a solar panel. One microinverter is used for each panel instead of the more common arrangement of a single large inverter (called a string inverter) used with multiple solar panels.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the advantages of microinverters include redundancy, more flexibility in system design, panel level monitoring and helping to lessen the impact of panel shading. The use of microinverters is considered a form of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/enphase-sunpower-solarbridge-mb0626\/\">Panel Level Optimisation (PLO)<\/a>. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/inverters\/micro\/\">learn more about microinverters here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last month 18% of those using our service indicated an interest in using microinverters for their solar power installation.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37824 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/microinverter-interest.png\" alt=\"Advanced Solar Consumption Monitoring - February 2020\" width=\"700\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/microinverter-interest.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/microinverter-interest-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Battery Ready Solar<\/h2>\n<p>Just 19%\u00a0 were wanting a battery-ready system; down quite a bit on January&#8217;s 24% (22% in December and November). While practically all solar power systems are considered battery-ready, we ask this question to assist prospective providers with system design.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37821 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/battery-ready-pv.png\" alt=\"Battery-ready solar - February 2020\" width=\"700\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/battery-ready-pv.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/battery-ready-pv-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Concurrent Solar + Storage Installation<\/h2>\n<p>This figure has changed little over the months &#8211; 6% in February indicated they wanted battery installation at the same time as their solar panels. That new solar buyers aren&#8217;t particularly interested in a concurrent storage installation isn&#8217;t surprising as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">cost of solar batteries<\/a> is still very high &#8211; and they just don&#8217;t provide the bang for buck solar-only does. You can see this for yourself by using our new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-calculator\/\">solar and battery calculator<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37829 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-storage-interest.png\" alt=\"Solar + battery installation - February 2020\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-storage-interest.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/solar-storage-interest-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Battery Size Preference<\/h2>\n<p>Where a battery system was desired and the capacity known, the split between 10kWh+ and 5-10kWh was fairly even again (43% and 41% respectively), and again 16% were interested in a 1-5kWh system.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37822 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/battery-size-capacity.png\" alt=\"Battery size preference - February 2020\" width=\"700\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/battery-size-capacity.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/battery-size-capacity-300x189.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Intended Battery Use<\/h2>\n<p>Not much change here either &#8211; in February 4% of battery-related requests noted backup as the primary application. Just under 44% were primarily interested in minimising grid electricity consumption (around the same as January too), and 52% for both applications.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37823 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/home-battery-application.png\" alt=\"Solar battery application - February 2020\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/home-battery-application.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/home-battery-application-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Quarterly Electricity Costs<\/h2>\n<p>Where costs were known, 46% of Australians indicated their power bills were between $500 and $1,000 a quarter on average (43% in January) and more than 12% were paying more $1,000 a quarter &#8211; up from 10% in January.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37825 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/quarterly-electricity-bills.png\" alt=\"Australian quarterly electricity bills - February 2020\" width=\"700\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/quarterly-electricity-bills.png 700w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/quarterly-electricity-bills-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>auSSII Report Data Source<\/h2>\n<p>We source data for the auSSII from the thousands of Australians using our service each month to request <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/quote\/\">solar quotes<\/a> matched to their requirements from up to three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/trust.html\">pre-vetted quality providers<\/a> we trust.<\/p>\n<h2>Solar Sales Leads &#8211; 11 Years On And Still Going Strong<\/h2>\n<p>SolarQuotes has been helping Australians eager to reap the benefits of harvesting the energy of the sun since 2009 &#8211; and it&#8217;s these quote requests we provide to companies that are part of the SQ installer network. Not every business that wants to start receiving our high quality sales leads makes the grade though. SolarQuotes is very fussy as to who gets a guernsey. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/supplier.php\">Learn more about our solar sales lead service<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Reproducing auSSII Content<\/h2>\n<p>Information from auSSII reports can be reproduced, but we require attribution to SolarQuotes and the page from which the content was sourced to be included in any reproduction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our latest auSSII report we&#8217;ve added stats to answer the question everyone has been asking &#8211; what proportion of Australian solar buyers are interested in microinverters?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":37819,"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-37820","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 v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Australian Solar Systems Interest Index \u2013 March 2020 - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In our latest auSSII report, we answer the question everyone has been asking - what proportion of Australian solar buyers are interested in microinverters?\" \/>\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\/aussii-solar-march-20-mb1428\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Australian Solar Systems Interest Index \u2013 March 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In our latest auSSII report, we answer the question everyone has been asking - what proportion of Australian solar buyers are interested in microinverters?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-march-20-mb1428\/\" \/>\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=\"2020-03-02T19:09:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/aussii-solar-report-february.png\" \/>\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\/png\" \/>\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\/aussii-solar-march-20-mb1428\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-march-20-mb1428\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Australian Solar Systems Interest Index \u2013 March 2020\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-03-02T19:09:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-march-20-mb1428\/\"},\"wordCount\":748,\"commentCount\":3,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-march-20-mb1428\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/aussii-solar-report-february.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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