Why did a homeowner in Mitchelton QLD invest in a solar power and battery storage system?

We're in a residential house in Mitchelton, Brisbane, where we've installed a 6.6 kilowatt array of 330-watt solar panels with micro-inverters, coupled with a Tesla power wall to enhance the system's capabilities, provide blackout protection and increase self-consumption. The state government battery and loans programme aims to reduce the cost of electricity and lifecycle cost for the house.

The system's components have been selected based on their longevity, warranty, and ability to provide ongoing service support. With Tesla, homeowners can interact with their electricity usage and performance, which is crucial for bill reduction and increasing self-consumption.

So we're in a suburb of Brisbane in Mitchelton, at us residential house where we've installed solar and batteries, as part of the state government battery and loans programme. 330 watt panels, there's 20 up on the roof, so it's a 6.6 kilowatt array. We've coupled those panels with micro-inverters. Micro-inverters are sitting behind the panels up on the roof to increase the performance. And we've also installed a Tesla power wall to this site to maximise self-consumption, give some blackout protection and really enhance the system's capabilities.

The brief for nearly all of our residential installations is about bill reduction. So it's about reducing the cost of electricity, the lifecycle cost for the house. So solar does that dramatically and then adding in a battery allows this customer to increase their self consumption. Tesla is there to increase self consumption for the property, provide some blackout protection, and also allow the homeowner to interact with their electricity a bit more. They can see their usage and see their performance. With every property we look at, the performance of the system is key, the longevity of the product is key.