The newest stages in Clyde have no gas, so heating, hot water and cooking all land on one bill. We fit Jinko panels and GoodWe, Sigenergy or Tesla storage to cover it, with our own A-Grade electricians doing the install.
A decade ago Clyde was farmland. The estates have gone up since about 2015, and the latest stages were built after Victoria stopped new gas connections for new homes. A house in those streets has reverse cycle heating, electric hot water and an electric cooktop from day one. Nothing is wrong with that, but it means every bit of energy the family uses arrives through one meter, most of it between late afternoon and bedtime.
That shape of use is what solar with a battery is built for. The panels fill the battery and run the hot water through the middle of the day, and the battery carries the cooking, heating and lights after dark. Our written-up Clyde job is a good example: an 8.55kW array and 16.64kWh of GoodWe storage on a new build, switched on before the owner had moved the furniture in.
Clyde blocks are small, and so are the roofs. We would sooner fit the right number of good panels on the faces that earn their keep than cover a south face to hit a bigger number. Earlier stages that do have gas are a different job again, where we allow for the appliances that will go electric later. You can read about our other work on the Clyde page.
Four things we work out for every Clyde home before a price is written.
Jinko Tiger Neo or Aiko panels on the north, east and west faces, in single or double-storey homes. High-output panels matter on a small roof, because each one has to do more. Our Clyde case study reached 8.55kW with 18 panels.
GoodWe, Sigenergy SigenStor, Tesla Powerwall or Sungrow. In a home with no gas the evening draw is higher, so we read your interval data, or estimate from the appliances if you have not moved in, and size the battery to it.
On a narrow lot the garage is usually the best place: out of the weather, close to the meter box, and off the side path. We fit bollards where a car parks next to the battery and cement sheeting behind it where the wall requires it.
An electric hot water unit can be timed to heat in the middle of the day, and a Tesla Wall Connector, Sigenergy or GoodWe charger can be set to follow surplus solar. Both make the same panels go further.
The full range is on our products page.
Tier-one panels with 25-year performance warranties, laid out for the roof faces you have.
Hybrid and string inverters, chosen so a battery can join the system now or later.
Home batteries sized to the evening peak, with backup circuits set up for outages.
Home chargers wired into the same system and set to charge from your solar first.
Our Clyde new build, then a new home in Clyde North and a family home in Cranbourne East.
Eighteen Jinko Tiger Neo III panels on a tile roof, a single-phase GoodWe inverter and two battery modules behind bollards in the garage, with the Solar Victoria loan arranged for the owner.
Next door in Clyde North, a new home with 25 Jinko Tiger Neo panels across two roof planes, a single-phase Sigenergy inverter and three SigenStor modules on the garage wall.
In nearby Cranbourne East, 27 Jinko panels on a tile roof with three SigenStor modules in the garage. In the first three weeks the house drew only 3 to 4kWh from the grid.
Roughly 20 minutes from our depot in Somerville, so a site visit is easy to arrange.
If you have bills, we read them. If the house is new, we go through what it runs: heating, hot water, cooktop, and any car you plan to charge.
Which faces take panels, where the battery sits, and how the cable gets from one to the other.
One price after discounts. If you are using the Solar Victoria loan for the panels, the repayments are set out next to it.
Solar Victoria, the federal discounts and the network connection are submitted by our office, not left to you.
Panels, inverter and battery by our own electricians, then monitoring on your phone and the Certificate of Electrical Safety.
New homeowners have usually just paid for a house. These three items are how most Clyde systems are made affordable.
For eligible owner-occupiers, covering the solar panels and inverter. Our Clyde case study used the rebate with the loan. Neither applies to a battery: the Solar Victoria battery rebate and battery loan closed in 2025.
Around 30 percent off an approved battery through Cheaper Home Batteries. There is no income test, and it is taken off on the quote.
Certificates created by the solar panels are deducted at the point of sale. Nothing to claim afterwards.
We install the heating, hot water and chargers these homes run on, so we know what they draw.
We fit reverse cycle and heat pump hot water ourselves, so the solar and battery are matched to what those appliances actually use.
If your roof takes 18 good panels, we quote 18. Panels on a poor face cost you money and return little.
Solar Accreditation Australia accredited, New Energy Tech Approved Seller, and installed by Powerband employees only.
Rooms the builder left without heating or cooling can be done alongside the solar. See heating and cooling in Clyde.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
Prefer to talk? Call 0466 355 441 and you will reach an electrician.
It needs one sized for more evening use, because heating, hot water and cooking are all electric. That usually shows up in the battery size more than the panel count. We work it out from your usage.
It depends on the faces. Our Clyde case study fitted 18 panels for 8.55kW on a new home. We measure yours and show the layout, and we leave poor faces empty.
Yes. We can quote from the plans and install once the house is handed over. The Clyde job on this page was running before the furniture arrived.
The loan and rebate are for the solar panels and inverter only, for eligible owner-occupiers. The battery is discounted separately through the federal program. We set out both on one quote.
Nearly always the garage, near the meter box, with bollards if a car parks beside it. If the garage will not work, a sheltered outside wall is the next choice.
With the modular batteries we install, yes. We choose an inverter that allows for it and tell you up front how far the system can grow.
Tell us what the house runs on. We measure the roof and send a written quote with the layout, battery size and after-discount price. No obligation.
