{"id":46343,"date":"2021-01-06T06:05:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T19:35:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=46343"},"modified":"2021-01-06T06:05:34","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T19:35:34","slug":"solar-cost-australia-mb1828","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/solar-cost-australia-mb1828\/","title":{"rendered":"Solar Panels Are A Great Deal, But They Aren’t “Almost Free”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Cost<\/p>\n

Over-promising and under-delivering isn’t a great way to win friends and influence people. For even crap solar to be “almost free”, it would need to be particularly crappy to the point of not being installed.<\/p>\n

Imagine you’re a household that’s doing it pretty tough – as many Australian households are at the moment. You’re out on the web and you see this ad:<\/p>\n

\"misleading<\/p>\n

Ignore the location – whatever state you’re in would have been reflected in the ad.<\/p>\n

Curiosity piqued (unless you really dislike our Prime Minister) and with hope building, you click on the ad. It takes you to a page again proclaiming that Australian homeowners are paying next to nothing for solar panels. You’re then urged to click on a button to see if you “qualify” for the government subsidies available.<\/p>\n

This kicks off a process to lure you in further for getting quotes for a solar power system. And you can be guaranteed the quotes you’ll receive won’t be “almost nothing”. Even if buy now, pay later so-called “interest-free” finance arrangements are involved, you’ll still be paying – and a significant amount.<\/p>\n

Over-promising + under-delivering = disappointment, frustration and future suspicion. That’s not good for anyone.<\/p>\n

What Do Solar Systems Cost In 2021?<\/h2>\n

It’s true that a generous subsidy available nationally exists – popularly referred to as the “solar rebate<\/a>” – that can knock thousands off the up-front cost of a solar power system<\/a>. In Victoria, there’s also the Victorian solar panel rebate<\/a>. But this still won’t bring the cost to “almost nothing”.<\/p>\n

The following is the range you can generally expect to pay for a system with good components installed by a company that cares about its work, after the nationally available subsidy.<\/p>\n