What are the 4 key decisions with solar power that get you a zero dollar electricity bill?
Synopsis
As an advocate for the clean energy revolution, the speaker emphasises the importance of using rooftop solar as a bountiful resource to generate energy for homes and businesses across Australia. When considering solar investment, quality is the most important factor, as well as ensuring that it provides value for money. By investing in good quality components at a competitive price, solar investment pays for itself and maximises its value.
While most people buy solar to save money, it is essential to invest in quality gear that lasts for decades. The four steps that can help make solar investment achieve a $0 bill or even earn a credit from energy companies are buying good quality gear, oversizing the system a bit, negotiating a good feed-in tariff, and using power as much as possible during the day. With the right quality components, a solar investment can generate energy for years to come, making it a worthwhile and sustainable investment for the environment and people's finances.
Video Transcript
- I just think we've got this bountiful resource shining down on us every day and why aren't we using it? And so that's my driver. I just want to get as much rooftop solar on people's roofs, on businesses across Australia as we possibly can, and really be part of that clean energy revolution. I think really the most important thing is quality. A lot of people buy purely on price and they come away quite disappointed with the results that they get. So if you buy quality gear, both panels and inverters, you can't go wrong.
- Quality is definitely a very important factor when you're considering solar, coupled with a value for your money as well. So it's not just quality, you have to make sure it's competitive and it pays for itself as an investment. So solar in general stands on its own two feet. As a solar investment, make sure you maximise that value with good quality components for a competitive price.
- I think most people, when they're looking to buy solar they're wanting value for money for sure, but people want something that's going to last. So if you want something that's going to last, you need to pay that little bit more for it. I'd love to say that most people buy solar purely for environmental reasons because that was my whole rationale for getting into solar. But most people are doing it to save money and that is certainly achievable. We have clients who have $0 bills, we have clients who get a credit from their energy company each quarter. And there's four things you need to do for that. You need to buy good quality gear. You need to oversize your system a little bit. You need to negotiate a good feed in tariff for the surplus solar of that you don't use. And where possible you really need to use your power as much as you can during the day.
- So when you look at a purchase, you're buying an energy generating system for decades to come, hopefully, and by buying the quality components, you can certainly do that.