{"id":58683,"date":"2022-02-07T04:38:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=58683"},"modified":"2022-02-07T04:38:23","modified_gmt":"2022-02-06T18:08:23","slug":"aussii-solar-february22-2343","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-february22-2343\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian Solar Systems Interest Index: February 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/aussii-solar-report-february.png\" alt=\"SolarQuotes auSSII report - February 2022\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/aussii-solar-report-february.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/aussii-solar-report-february-300x158.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/aussii-solar-report-february-1024x538.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/aussii-solar-report-february-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Discover what Australian buyers were wanting in a solar power system last month in the February 2022 auSSII report.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Solar System Capacity (Size)<\/h2>\n<p>Where one of the following options was selected during the SolarQuotes quoting process: 3 to 5 kW, 5 to 10 kW, 10 to 15 kW, 15 to 20 kW, 20+ kW and &#8220;Fill Roof&#8221;, close to 79% chose the 5 &#8211; 10kW range in January, similar to December. Interest in the 3 &#8211; 5kW range dropped again to around 2.5% compared to 4% in December.<\/p>\n<p>There was a big increase in the proportion of Australians wanting to make the most of their rooftop real estate for generating solar energy, with close to 12% choosing the &#8220;Fill Roof&#8221; option &#8211; up on December&#8217;s 9%.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58686\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-size-january22.png\" alt=\"Solar power system capacity selection - January 2022\" width=\"713\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-size-january22.png 713w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/system-size-january22-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Unsure on system sizing? Discover <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/how-does-solar-power-work\/how-much-power-do-i-need\/\">how much solar power you\u2019ll need<\/a>; or leave it to an installer to advise what will provide you with the best bang for buck.<\/p>\n<h2>System Purchase Timeframe<\/h2>\n<p>The proportion of prospective solar power buyers wanting to purchase a system immediately dropped from 28% in December to around 24% in January 2022; more in line with November, October and September last year (25%).<\/p>\n<p>The uptick in particularly eager buyers in December was probably due to the looming rebate reduction in January. But as the rebate level is tied to installation date rather than purchase date, many quotes would have been taking into account a January install anyway.<\/p>\n<p>The good news is even with the reduction in the national subsidy that slashes the up-front cost of installing panels, it&#8217;s still very generous. Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/rebate\/\">solar rebate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58687\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/purchase-intent-january22.png\" alt=\"Solar purchasing timeframe graph - January 2022\" width=\"702\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/purchase-intent-january22.png 702w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/purchase-intent-january22-300x190.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Price Vs. Quality<\/h2>\n<p>12% of Australians were wanting a \u201ctop quality\u201d (most expensive) system option in January, the same level as the previous three months. There was an increase in interest in systems offering a good balance of cost and quality; around 81% compared to December&#8217;s ~79% and therefore a dip in interest in a good budget system, down to 7%<\/p>\n<p>To get an idea of general pricing ranges for good quality systems of various capacities, visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/cost\/\">solar panels cost page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/price-quality-january22.png\" alt=\"System cost and quality graph - January 2022\" width=\"699\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/price-quality-january22.png 699w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/price-quality-january22-300x194.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Australian Solar Price Index<\/h2>\n<p>See what Australians are paying for systems on average &#8211; currently and historically &#8211; using the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/price-explorer\/\">SolarQuotes Australian Solar Price Index<\/a>. We&#8217;ll have a special report on average system costs and price per watt in January towards the end of this month.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/price-explorer\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58689\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/price-explorer.png\" alt=\"Australian Solar Price Index - January 2022\" width=\"900\" height=\"472\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/price-explorer.png 900w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/price-explorer-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/price-explorer-768x403.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Microinverter\/Optimiser Interest<\/h2>\n<p>Again in January, 18% of Australians using the SolarQuotes service wanted more information about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/inverters\/micro\/\">microinverters<\/a> and optimisers. While adding to the cost of a system, these devices enable individual panel monitoring and may be helpful in some installation scenarios. Microinverters and optimisers are forms of PLO (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/good-solar-guide\/panel-level-optimisation\/\">Panel Level Optimisation<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58690\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/microinverters-january22.png\" alt=\"Microinverters and optimisers graph - January 2022\" width=\"703\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/microinverters-january22.png 703w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/microinverters-january22-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Solar Energy Consumption Monitoring<\/h2>\n<p>Interest in advanced solar monitoring picked up again in January, up from December&#8217;s 37% to 39%. This popular optional extra can help you extract maximum value from your investment. Learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/good-solar-guide\/monitoring-systems\/\">advanced solar monitoring<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/monitoring-january22.png\" alt=\"Solar energy consumption monitoring graph - January 2022\" width=\"703\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/monitoring-january22.png 703w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/monitoring-january22-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Battery Ready PV<\/h2>\n<p>A home battery can be retrofitted to any system, but we ask this question on the quoting form to give prospective installers a better idea if the customer is &#8211; at this point &#8211; considering adding energy storage down the track, as this can help inform system design.<\/p>\n<p>Interest in battery-ready systems sat at around 5.5% in January (5% in December, 6% in November).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/battery-ready-january22.png\" alt=\"Battery Ready Solar Systems graph- January 2022\" width=\"703\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/battery-ready-january22.png 703w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/battery-ready-january22-300x183.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>While few may be considering adding a battery in the future right now, they may change their minds as energy storage becomes cheaper. And there is a significant proportion of solar buyers considering a concurrent battery installation.<\/p>\n<h2>Solar + Storage Installation<\/h2>\n<p>As in December, around 18% of Australians using SQ&#8217;s service indicated they wanted a battery installed at the same time as their solar panels.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solar-battery-january22.png\" alt=\"Solar and home battery system install graph - January 2022\" width=\"706\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solar-battery-january22.png 706w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/solar-battery-january22-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 100vw, 706px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re considering energy storage, be sure to read Finn\u2019s \u201c101\u201d guides on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/101-guides\/understanding-batteries\/\">understanding<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/101-guides\/buying-batteries\/\">buying<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/101-guides\/owning-batteries\/\">owning<\/a> a home battery system that contain lots of useful advice and will help you to determine if a battery is right for you.<\/p>\n<h2>Intended Primary Battery Use<\/h2>\n<p>6% of requests in January including a battery installation indicated the primary application was for backup purposes (7% in December, ~6% in November, 5% in October).\u00a0 34% want a battery mainly for minimising mains grid electricity consumption, same as December, and 60% for both purposes, up a touch on December.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/battery-application-january22.png\" alt=\"Primary battery use graph - January 2022\" width=\"704\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/battery-application-january22.png 704w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/battery-application-january22-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Electricity Bills Pre-Panels<\/h2>\n<p>As for electricity costs prior to going solar, where noted, 46% reported bills between $500 and $1,000 a quarter &#8211; a fairly static figure. A touch over 11% were paying more than $1,000 a quarter compared to a bit under 11% in December and ~12% in November.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/electricity-bills-january22.png\" alt=\"Electricity bills before solar power - January 2022\" width=\"703\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/electricity-bills-january22.png 703w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/electricity-bills-january22-300x188.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>About The February auSSII Report<\/h2>\n<p>This month&#8217;s auSSII report was generated using details submitted by thousands of Australians who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/quote\/\">received up to 3 quotes<\/a> each from trusted installers in the SolarQuotes network during January 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>Quality Leads For Installers Pursuing Excellence<\/h2>\n<p>Since 2009, SolarQuotes has been providing installers who care about their quality of work and customer service the details of eager Australian solar buyers. Learn more about what makes SQ&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/supplier.php\">solar sales leads<\/a> a cut above the rest<\/p>\n<h2>Reproducing The auSSII Report<\/h2>\n<p>Information from this report can be used in your publication without formal permission \u2013 we only require you attribute SolarQuotes as the source and that this page is referenced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Discover what Australian buyers were wanting in a solar power system last month in the February 2022 auSSII report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":58684,"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-58683","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: February 2022<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover what Australian buyers were wanting in a solar power system last month in the February 2022 auSSII report.\" \/>\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-february22-2343\/\" \/>\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: February 2022\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Discover what Australian buyers were wanting in a solar power system last month in the February 2022 auSSII report.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-february22-2343\/\" \/>\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=\"2022-02-06T18:08:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/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-february22-2343\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-february22-2343\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Australian Solar Systems Interest Index: February 2022\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-02-06T18:08:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-february22-2343\/\"},\"wordCount\":840,\"commentCount\":2,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/aussii-solar-february22-2343\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/aussii-solar-report-february.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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