Solar installers in Australian cities
Pick a city to find the companies that mainly design and install rooftop solar. Each city has a single list, with no separate specialty pages. Inside it, the Commercial solar and EV chargers buttons keep only the installers that show that kind of job. Electricity retailers, wholesalers and lead sites that pass your details on to installers are left out.
- Listing costs installers nothing
- Any Pro or Top listing is flagged
Solar installers from Darwin to Hobart
Specialist jobs inside each list
Questions before you get quotes
How do I check that a solar installer is accredited?
Ask for the accreditation number of the person who will design the system and of the person who will install it, not just the company name. Solar Accreditation Australia (SAA), which took over installer accreditation from the Clean Energy Council, lets you check a number or a full name on its website. Without accredited people on the job, the system cannot earn the certificates that bring the upfront price down.
What are STCs and how do they lower the price?
Small-scale technology certificates come from the federal Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme, run by the Clean Energy Regulator. A system earns them when its panels and inverter are on the Clean Energy Council’s approved lists and accredited people design and install it. Most installers take the value of the certificates off the quote, so look for that line. Fewer certificates are created each year as the scheme winds down.
Can I export everything my panels produce?
Not always. Your local network company, such as Energex, Ausgrid or SA Power Networks, approves the connection and sets how much the system may send to the grid. Some areas have tight limits, and some offer flexible exports that change through the day. The installer usually lodges the application, so ask for the approval and the export limit in writing before work starts.
A seller knocked on my door and I signed. Can I cancel?
A sale made at your door or on a call you did not ask for is an unsolicited consumer agreement under the Australian Consumer Law, and you generally have 10 business days to cancel it. The seller is generally not allowed to take payment during that time. You can also check whether the company is an approved seller under the New Energy Tech Consumer Code, which sets rules on how it sells, writes contracts and handles complaints.
What changes with commercial solar?
Systems on warehouses, farms and offices are bigger, often need an engineer to check the roof structure and go through a longer network application, and larger systems come under different certificate rules. Use the Commercial solar button in a city list and ask the installer for examples of systems of a similar size that it has finished and still maintains.