{"id":38980,"date":"2020-04-15T08:28:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T21:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=38980"},"modified":"2020-04-15T08:28:25","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T21:58:25","slug":"coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19’s Impact On Australian Rooftop Solar"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Coronavirus<\/p>\n

Like many other businesses, Australian solar installers have been feeling the pinch of COVID-19. But we’re seeing early signs of what may be some recovery. <\/p>\n

A recent survey carried out by PV Magazine Australia and Green Energy Markets of 45 rooftop solar installers and suppliers found overall significant declines in new sales leads and enquiries.<\/p>\n

“Almost half the respondents reported declines in customer enquiries of 25-50%. What\u2019s worse, 20% of respondents report new leads had ‘completely dried up.'”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A Rush On Batteries – Not<\/h2>\n

We had been reading reports from certain corners about a boom in solar + battery storage and upgrading existing PV systems with batteries. But that wasn’t what we were seeing here on SolarQuotes, as noted in our latest auSSII report<\/a>. There was an uptick, but the percentage of those interested in a concurrent battery installation with their solar power system was just 8%.<\/p>\n

On the issue of battery storage, the PV Magazine\/Green Energy Markets survey noted similar:<\/p>\n

“The survey data do not indicate any surge to battery storage either, as had been predicted by some commentators, who felt households and businesses would try to build resilience in the face of wider economic uncertainty.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

More from the survey can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

An Interesting Easter<\/h2>\n

The survey was carried out between April 2 – 9; a day before the Easter long weekend. The holiday break was really interesting here on SolarQuotes, with a significant increase in the number of Australians researching solar power<\/a> and submitting quote requests compared to the Easter period in 2019.<\/p>\n

Aside from movements being restricted and spending more time online, perhaps more Australians are learning the rooftop solar installation industry is still operating and that getting panels installed is a low-risk exercise<\/a> in terms of COVID-19; assuming appropriate measures are in place. What’s also probably spurring Australians on to consider going solar right now<\/a> is the prospect of bigger electricity bills as a result of spending more time at home.<\/p>\n

Even prior to Easter, after the initial shock of the COVID-19 situation wore off we started see Australians returning to investigating PV – but the process from discovery to acquisition can take a while. For the many installers that are struggling, challenging times will continue.<\/p>\n

With thousands of accredited installers across the country, plus associated staff in administration, sales and marketing; the Australian solar energy industry is a significant employer. Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) data on employment in renewable energy activities in Australia in 2018-19 indicated there were more than 13,000 full-time equivalent jobs associated with rooftop solar<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Like many other businesses, Australian solar installers have been feeling the pinch of COVID-19. But we’re seeing early signs of what may be some recovery.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":38981,"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-38980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nCOVID-19's Impact On Australian Rooftop Solar - SolarQuotes Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Like many other businesses, Australian solar installers have been feeling the pinch of COVID-19. But we're seeing early signs of what may be some recovery.\" \/>\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\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19's Impact On Australian Rooftop Solar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Like many other businesses, Australian solar installers have been feeling the pinch of COVID-19. But we're seeing early signs of what may be some recovery.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/\" \/>\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=\"2020-04-14T21:58:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-rooftop-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\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"COVID-19’s Impact On Australian Rooftop Solar\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-14T21:58:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/\"},\"wordCount\":430,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar & Storage News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/\",\"name\":\"COVID-19's Impact On Australian Rooftop Solar - SolarQuotes Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-04-14T21:58:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"Like many other businesses, Australian solar installers have been feeling the pinch of COVID-19. But we're seeing early signs of what may be some recovery.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630,\"caption\":\"Coronavirus COVID-19 and Australian rooftop solar\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Blog\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"General Solar & Storage News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"COVID-19’s Impact On Australian Rooftop Solar\"}]},{\"@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":"COVID-19's Impact On Australian Rooftop Solar - SolarQuotes Blog","description":"Like many other businesses, Australian solar installers have been feeling the pinch of COVID-19. But we're seeing early signs of what may be some recovery.","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\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"COVID-19's Impact On Australian Rooftop Solar","og_description":"Like many other businesses, Australian solar installers have been feeling the pinch of COVID-19. But we're seeing early signs of what may be some recovery.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/","og_site_name":"SolarQuotes Blog","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/","article_published_time":"2020-04-14T21:58:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":630,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-rooftop-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\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/"},"author":{"name":"Michael Bloch","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1"},"headline":"COVID-19’s Impact On Australian Rooftop Solar","datePublished":"2020-04-14T21:58:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/"},"wordCount":430,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar.jpg","articleSection":["General Solar & Storage News"],"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/","name":"COVID-19's Impact On Australian Rooftop Solar - SolarQuotes Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar.jpg","datePublished":"2020-04-14T21:58:25+00:00","description":"Like many other businesses, Australian solar installers have been feeling the pinch of COVID-19. But we're seeing early signs of what may be some recovery.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"caption":"Coronavirus COVID-19 and Australian rooftop solar"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar-mb1486\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Blog","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"General Solar & Storage News","item":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"COVID-19’s Impact On Australian Rooftop Solar"}]},{"@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\/04\/coronavirus-rooftop-solar.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2FF2s-a8I","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15692,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-report-oct17-mb0196\/","url_meta":{"origin":38980,"position":0},"title":"Australian Solar System Interest Index – October 2017","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"October 6, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This month's Solar Quotes Australian Solar System Interest Index report includes some interesting new information on the preferences of Australians regarding price vs. quality of solar power systems. September was another busy month for quote requests as Australians sought solar panels to help slash their electricity bills - the rooftop\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Australian Solar System Interest Index - September 2017","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/aussii-solar-report-october.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/aussii-solar-report-october.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/aussii-solar-report-october.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/aussii-solar-report-october.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43542,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/rooftop-solar-inquiry-mb1698\/","url_meta":{"origin":38980,"position":1},"title":"Taylor’s Australian Rooftop Solar Sector Review – Update","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"September 28, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The terms of reference for an inquiry into Australia's rooftop solar PV sector were released by the Clean Energy Regulator on Friday. The review was announced by Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor back in August; with Minister Taylor citing integrity, quality and safety concerns. The Clean Energy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Australian rooftop solar investigation","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/solar-inquiry-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/solar-inquiry-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/solar-inquiry-australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/solar-inquiry-australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/solar-inquiry-australia.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":34667,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-november-19-mb1276\/","url_meta":{"origin":38980,"position":2},"title":"Australian Solar Systems Interest Index \u2013 November 2019","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"November 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Our latest Australian Solar Systems Index (auSSII) report outlines what prospective buyers were wanting in a PV installation (and home batteries) last month. Solar Power System Capacity Among the Australians using our quoting service in September, just over 69% had a system capacity\u00a0 in mind. Of those, 74% wanted to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"auSSII Australian solar report - November 2019","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/aussii-solar-report-november.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/aussii-solar-report-november.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/aussii-solar-report-november.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/aussii-solar-report-november.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/aussii-solar-report-november.png?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":88561,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-xmas-australia-mb3081\/","url_meta":{"origin":38980,"position":3},"title":"A Very Solar Xmas Day In Australia","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"December 26, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Rooftop solar panels across Australia did their bit to support festivities yesterday with clean energy, and made a significant contribution to meeting overall mains grid electricity demand. Solar power systems were not only producing electricity and considerable bill savings for their owners, but also exporting energy for use by others\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rooftop solar in Australia - Xmas day","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/solar-xmas-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/solar-xmas-australia.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/solar-xmas-australia.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/solar-xmas-australia.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/solar-xmas-australia.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":44245,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/batteries-solar-future\/","url_meta":{"origin":38980,"position":4},"title":"Batteries Key To Solar’s Future In A “Post-Peak” Market","author":"Richard Chirgwin","date":"November 2, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Australia has seen a decade of explosive growth in renewables, but there\u2019s another big change coming. According to Green Energy Trading chair Ric Brazzale, we\u2019re very close to the peak of new rooftop solar PV. Speaking to the \u201cEnergy Storage: Residential & Commercial\u201d session a couple of weeks ago at\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Battery Storage"","block_context":{"text":"Battery Storage","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/battery-storage\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Solar power in a post-peak market - Australia","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tesla-dog.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\/tesla-dog.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tesla-dog.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tesla-dog.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/tesla-dog.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":90998,"url":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/tasmania-energy-saver-mb3153\/","url_meta":{"origin":38980,"position":5},"title":"Tasmania’s Energy Saver Loan Scheme Declared A Success","author":"Michael Bloch","date":"April 3, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"A government-backed energy efficiency finance program in Tasmania has seen \"fantastic\" results according to the state's Minister for Energy and Renewables Nick Duigan. The initiative was announced in 2022 as an expansion of Tasmania's Energy Efficiency Loans Scheme and commenced in October that year. It offers interest-free loans of between\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General Solar & Storage News"","block_context":{"text":"General Solar & Storage News","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/category\/solar-battery-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Energy efficiency in Tasmania","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/energy-efficiency-tasmania.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/energy-efficiency-tasmania.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/energy-efficiency-tasmania.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/energy-efficiency-tasmania.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/energy-efficiency-tasmania.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38980","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=38980"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38986,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38980\/revisions\/38986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}