5 reasons to install solar energy at your home today.
Are you ready to find out more about harnessing Solar Energy? Here is our guide to Solar 101.
1. Take your power back
Installing solar power allows your household to automatically generate its own energy 365 days of the year, whilst the sun is shining.
Australia is a great place for solar energy with year round solar irradiation throughout the whole country, allowing solar to be a practical solution in every town in Australia.
According to the solar choice website, as of 2020 over 2 million homes in Australia have a solar installation. That’s over two million homes generating a secondary income from their own rooftop power plant. For a typical residential 6kW solar installation the energy generated per day is around 20 kWh per day, every day over the lifetime of the system. In the past performance did drop over time but with Coast Wide Energy installs the module output is guaranteed at 80% after 25 years of operation. So even after all that time solar can will still be generating power for your home.
2. Save money on your power bills
Investing in a solar systems for your home or business on the Central Coast or Newcastle makes great financial sense to almost every household and business. If your home receives at least 6 hours or more of full sun access per day your site is highly suitable for a Coast Wide Energy solar install, that will more than pay for itself in savings. For sites with 12 hours of full sun, the returns are even greater.
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Coast Wide Energy solar customers, in Sydney, Central Coast and Newcastle, have enjoyed 2 - 3.5 year payback times on their solar installations with a standard 5 kW system that has learnt them $2000 per year (per household) through reduced power bills and credit payments from their electricity retailer. We’ve seen electricity retailers paying up to 21cents per kWh, as more retailers are realising the benefits of solar energy and are trying to attract customers to do business with them.
Thankfully, solar installations continue to make financially sense. Due to the continual drop in solar costs, the financial investment stacks up even though the feed in tariff (this is the money you earn for solar you generate that is then sold back to the grid) is not as high as it once was.
What about Government solar rebates? A standard 5kW residential rooftop solar installation is eligible for a Government solar rebate of approx. $3200. These rebates exist in the form of small technology certificates (STCs), which are payments made by the government to the system owners for the generation of green electricity. This means that a $7800 solar system on the Central Coast can be installed for $4500, helping to reduce your upfront costs significantly.
3. Reduce your power wastage
Rooftop solar energy makes the most sense as the power is generated at or near the point of use, which means you minimise energy waste.
This means that power lost during transmission is minimal thanks to a distributed source of generation.
When power comes from a centralised generator (coal, gas, utility scale solar etc..) there is a loss across the transmission lines and in the step down transforming. Thanks to a distributed source of generation, you can be assured that your power is grid ready to use straight from your rooftop to your air conditioner, fridge or to your neighbours house.
4. It’s an easy way to be sustainable
Your choice to install solar is a responsibly made investment for your community, the world and future generations. Your Coast Wide Energy solar installation has a smaller environmental impact than a coal, gas or diesel generator, as once it’s installed there is no need for fuel to maintain the generation. This means that the wastes and resources associated with mining, transporting and processing fuel stocks are minimised, allowing for a more sensible use of resources on a planet with finite resources.
A standard 6 kW system, according to the US protection agency, has the environmental impact as follows:
5. Enjoy lights on transparency
Solar installations can come with smart inverters, batteries and smart monitors, there are apps which you can use to monitor your system from the comfort of your handheld device. This can allow for smart monitoring and load shifting, showing energy use and energy production through the day and helping to show when the best time is to use household appliances to get the maximum amount of self consumption of household solar energy possible.
The below shows an example of how the household may decide to turn on air conditioning, the dishwasher, pool pump and washing machine between 8:30am and 3pm in order to use more of their generated solar energy.
Our team will take you through every step of the process and onboard. you and your family on the systems so you can make the most of the solar power system every single day.
The inverters used in Coast Wide Energy installations have an inbuilt safety function, which allows the inverter to switch off when the grid voltage goes outside of allowable bounds. The system comes with DC rooftop and DC and AC inverter side switches. The installations are also enclosed and designed to allow for any fault current to be led down to earth along with a warning that will be displayed in these cases.
So along with energy usage transparency and management you can rest assured that your solar installation is built with safety foremost in mind and that our team of CEC Accredited Solar Installers are just a phone call away.
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
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