Rooftop solar, sized for the house you will have in five years
Most systems get sized against today's bill. Then the heater goes electric, a car turns up, and the system is suddenly too small to cover any of it.
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Australia gets more sun than almost anywhere, and it is still the cheapest power you can buy
A rooftop system generates for 25 years or more with very little asked of you. There is no fuel to buy and nothing much to service.
The only real decisions are how big, what goes on the roof, and what happens to the surplus.
Three things worth arguing about
System size
Size for your future load, not your current bill. If electrification or an EV is anywhere on the horizon, building that in now is far cheaper than adding panels later.
Inverter
The panels outlast the inverter, so this is the part that decides how the system ages. String, hybrid or micro changes what you can add later, particularly a battery.
Battery readiness
Even without storage today, a hybrid inverter leaves the door open. Retrofitting one later costs considerably more than specifying it now.
Roof and shading
Orientation, pitch and what shades the roof at 4pm in June. This is why we look rather than quote off a satellite image.
Solar on its own only solves half of it
Panels generate when the sun is up. Most households use the bulk of their power after it goes down.
So without storage you export the surplus for a feed-in tariff and buy it back at peak rates a few hours later. A battery closes that gap.
You do not have to do both at once. But it is worth knowing where you are heading before the inverter is bolted to the wall.
- Lower bills from the first quarter
- Increased property value
- Very little maintenance over a 25+ year life
- Solar Victoria: $1,400 rebate plus a $1,400 interest-free loan
How an install runs
- 01
Site visit
Roof, switchboard, shading and your actual consumption data.
- 02
Design and quote
A layout and a figure, with the rebate already applied.
- 03
Install
Our own accredited installers, usually a single day for a residential system.
- 04
Grid connection
We handle the paperwork with your distributor and retailer.
Get a system sized against your real usage
We pull your consumption data and design against it, rather than quoting a standard 6.6kW at everyone.
Still have questions?
It depends on your consumption and what you plan to electrify next. We size against your interval data and your plans, not a standard package.
It varies with your usage pattern and how much you self-consume rather than export. We show you the payback on your own numbers before you commit.
Rarely, in most Melbourne locations. Rain does most of the work. Heavy dust, salt or tree debris are the exceptions.
It exports to the grid for a feed-in tariff, which is a fraction of what you pay to import. That is why storage is usually the next conversation.
Yes, and it is much easier if the inverter was specified for it at the start. Ask us to quote a hybrid inverter even if the battery comes later.
Who we answer to
Elite is an approved seller under the New Energy Tech Consumer Code and an accredited Solar Victoria retailer.
