7 tips for evaluating your solar installation quotes
So you’ve gathered solar installation proposals for your house from a few suppliers - now what? Here are seven simple tips to help you make the best decision for your household.
Quality of product
Ensure the quotes are based on reputable, comparable systems/products. At Coast Wide Energy only use the best quality brands such as Trina, SMA, Fronius, Solis and Solar Edge
Warranty
You should expect the quote to include the current industry standard of 10 year warranty for the inverter/s and 25 years for module output.
Product & Installation Price
A product and installation price of roughly $1000- $1500 per kW inverter capacity is a fair guide for high quality installations, although this depends on the type of inverter and system.
Our prices typically fall within $1000- $1200/kW inverter capacity and you are guarenteed the Coast Wide Energy team will be with you every step of the way from quotation, Q&A, installation and follow up support .
Coast Wide Energy is proud to be a local company with an excellent in-house team including Design Engineers for consultations and design phase, Installers for installs and maintenance and Support team for any questions. Ensuring we continue to be the Central Coast’s leading Solar Installer with superb customer experience and quality assurance.
We also ensure we have low overheads so we can offer our customers a highly competitive price for the best quality products.
Team Experience
Get to know the team you’ll be working with every step of the way and ensure they are part of the company you’re dealing with.
Our Director, Anthony Mifsud and Head Engineer, Anders Jensen have over 15+ years combined experience in the solar and renewable energy industry on the Central Coast, Sydney and Newcastle areas. We’ve worked on a range of projects rom small residential ( 5kW+ system sizes) to large commercial ( 2MW+ system sizes). Click here to read more about our past projects (all in-house!)
References and reviews
As with any investment, it’s always best to do your research and ask for references/reviews from past projects.
At Coast Wide Energy we have a few recent solar installation case studies here and you can read some of our reviews here. Contact our team here for more on customer references
Project Scope and Schedule
Always best to check the timings and fine print to ensure everything that has been discussed is included in the proposal. The schedule of the work should be completed within the next 2-3 months on average for a residential solar installation.
The Coast Wide Energy team always ensure the scope and schedule of work is transparent in our proposal process. Reach out here if you have any questions or would like to know more.
7. Total Cost and Financial Incentives
This should be clearly outlined in an easy to read table. Compare the lines of each quote against each other to ensure you’re comparing apples to apples. Once you’ve received your proposal from Coast Wide Energy we will schedule a follow up call to run through these numbers in detail and answer any questions you may have.
“Bonus tip: Often cheaper systems come from companies that outsource their work and often use poor quality products. This impacts customer service quality, maintenance support and quality assurance. Whilst the more expensive, larger solar companies often overprice their solar system package due to their brand image and large teams. ”
About Coast Wide Energy
Our expert team is based in Tuggerah on the Central Coast NSW and lead by CEC design and licensed installer electrician Anthony Mifsud who has over 8 years experience in solar energy projects and is committed to providing exceptional energy solutions for all our customers. We are passionate about renewable energy and designing exceptional systems that meet our customers requirements and save them money.
All design, installation, education and maintenance is in-house (no sub-contractors), ensuring quality and consistency in design and installation methods. In-house customer support offering customised reports and retailer recommendation for your particular system.
Supporting your renewable energy education: Advice and consultation available on ways to reduce energy consumption, maximise return on investment and manage your energy usage, use of solar analytics monitoring.
World leading brands: Trina, SMA, Fronius, Solis, Huewai. We only use products that we know will last, so you have the assurance that they you are the owner of a top quality solar system. With 5-20 year warranty available for the Inverter systems.
We are Redback and Sungrow batteries and hybrid inverters experts, guaranteed for 10 years.
Finance payment plans available for all clients, creating an opportunity for positive cashflow.
Highly competitive price and top value investment. Customers with 5kW say that we are up to $2500 cheaper than the quotes offered by other companies.
Contact us for a free quote or to find out more about solar benefits
+61 415 292 097 or email us here
