17th Apr 2023 | Jennifer.Delmarre
Make the Switch to Renewable Energy with Nectr Advertising Banner
Solargain is excited to announce our new partnership with Nectr, an award-winning 100% Carbon Neutral Electricity Provider dedicated to helping homeowners make the switch to renewable energy by offering innovative solutions that make Solar & Batteries more affordable & accessible. Through our partnership, Solargain customers can take advantage of Nectr's Interest-Free Green Loan, allowing the cost of Solargain systems to be spread over time without incurring any additional fees or charges. This makes it easier for homeowners to invest in a quality system without the large upfront cost, and
24th Feb 2023 | Andrew
Solargain, Canstar winner, two years running!
For the second year running, Solargain has been given the award for Most Satisfied Customers among solar installers by Canstar, a well recognised and highly respected consumer comparison and review platform.
15th Nov 2022 | Taylah.Horsten
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Historically, generating excess energy from your rooftop solar system was financially beneficial as you could sell this excess energy back to the grid at a high rate. As an example, for systems installed before July 2011 in Western Australia, the excess electricity could be sold back to the grid for up to 47 cents per kWh exported. This meant you would have little to nothing to pay on your bills. Nowadays, the going rate for feed-in tariffs are as low as 2.5 cents, yet you are paying around 30 cents per kWh to buy that energy back in the evenings when your panels aren’t producing. With feed-in
29th Jul 2022 | Andrew
Best solar batteries of 2022
Choosing the right solar battery can be difficult. So many terms get thrown your way, AC vs DC coupled, battery capacity, round-trip efficiency, depth of discharge. Unless you’re already a battery guru, it’s hard to know what it all means, and just as hard to make the right choices based on them. That’s why we decided to make this article, breaking down not just what we consider the best batteries available, but the best ones for different circumstances. If you’re adding a battery to an existing solar energy system, it’s important to know whether or not your inverter is a Hybrid inverter i.e
12th Jul 2022 | Andrew
The Do’s and Don’ts of panel maintenance
A common question we receive from our customers is how best to go about cleaning their panels, and whether or not it’s something they can do themselves. So here’s a guide of the key do’s and don’ts of cleaning your panels
4th Jul 2022 | Andrew
Beat Rising Power Bills with Evergen!
Evergen Battery Optimisation is free for the lifetime of your battery system and requires no additional hardware to install. Evergen takes into consideration when you consume your electricity, the weather, your predicted solar production and your electricity tariff, enabling your battery to perform smarter.
16th Jun 2022 | Andrew
How to protect your home from rising energy prices
Energy price increases are on the horizon. Now is the time to start considering home solar power to keep your bills under control.
2nd Jun 2022 | Andrew
Power prices are set to rise in July
In the past year wholesale power costs, that being the prices energy retailers pay to purchase power from energy producers such as power plants, have risen as much as 140%.
1st Jun 2022 | Andrew
Evergen Home Energy Management Software | Solar Energy
We’re proud to have partnered with the Evergen team in order to offer our customers the very best in home energy management systems free of charge for the lifetime of the system, when processed through Solargain. Saving our customers more money and making better use of their energy.
24th May 2022 | Andrew
In Kelly Country, a Wangaratta video solar essay
Following up on our recent video essay covering an installation we did in Echuca, our Wangaratta team also had the opportunity to work on a large ground-mounted solar installation with Clenergy.
18th May 2022 | Andrew
What is Export Limiting
Australia is the perfect place for solar. Homeowners have known this for some time, and the uptake of solar around the country has only continued to grow year on year on year. However, electricity networks sometimes struggle to keep up with the amount of excess solar energy being exported to the grid. That's where export limiting comes in.
18th May 2022 | Andrew
Creek life
Recently, our Echuca location had the opportunity to work alongside Clenergy on a unique solar energy installation in a rural area. A roof-mounted system was not going to work for homeowner Trevor Vincent’s beautiful 20-hectare property right by the creek. So, we had to come up with something unique. Check out the video below or read on for more details.