Systems designed to use your own sun first, including homes the network will not let export. Jinko panels, Sigenergy and GoodWe batteries, salt-rated hardware from the front beach to the back beach, all installed by our A-Grade electricians.
The Rye home we have written up came with a condition most solar buyers never hear about. The network approved the connection with a zero export limit, so the system could not send any power back to the grid at all. Plenty of installers would quote a smaller system or walk away. We designed for it instead: 14.08kW of Jinko Tiger Neo Satin panels, a Sigen Hybrid inverter and 24.18kWh of battery, sized so the house soaks up what the roof makes.
Not every Rye connection carries a limit like that, but the lesson applies to every roof in town. Feed-in tariffs are now a few cents, so a system that exports half its output is earning very little on that half. A Rye home is better served by a battery large enough to carry the evening, and by moving loads such as hot water, heating and a pool pump into the daylight hours.
Rye also stretches right across the peninsula, from the bay side and the pier to the back beach on Bass Strait. Homes near the ocean beach cop strong salt wind, sandy blocks and moonah scrub, so the hardware and battery position are chosen for that, just as they are for the rest of our work in Rye.
Self-consumption means using your own solar in the house before any goes to the grid. Here is how we build for it.
We confirm with the network what your connection may export before the design is finalised. If it is limited or zero, the inverter is configured to that limit and the battery and panel count are balanced so the roof is not wasting sunshine.
Sigenergy SigenStor, GoodWe ESA, Tesla Powerwall and Sungrow, stacked to cover the whole evening rather than the first hour. Modular batteries such as SigenStor can be extended later if the household grows or buys an EV.
Larger Rye homes, especially newer two-storey builds, are sometimes on three-phase supply, which narrows the choice of inverter. We fit three-phase hybrids from Sigenergy and GoodWe, as we did just down the road at St Andrews Beach.
Ocean-side homes get salt carried on the southerly. We use salt-rated rails and fixings, and site the battery and inverter in a garage or on the most sheltered wall rather than the side facing the sea.
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 Rye install plus two from the neighbouring ocean-side suburbs, St Andrews Beach and Fingal.
The network approved this home for zero export, so the system was sized to use everything the roof makes: Jinko Tiger Neo Satin panels, a Sigen Hybrid inverter and 24.18kWh of storage.
A three-phase home that rules out plenty of products. Thirty-five Jinko Tiger Neo panels, a three-phase SigenStor inverter and three battery modules on the outside wall.
Just inland from Rye, the owner was quoted on what the house needed rather than the biggest system going. 14.52kW of solar and 32.24kWh of Sigenergy storage.
Rye is about 40 minutes from our Somerville depot. We plan the visit so the crew is on site early.
We look at your supply, phases and switchboard, and find out what the network will allow you to export.
When the house uses power, what runs on gas, and what you might electrify. That sets the battery size.
Panel layout, inverter, battery and the price after the discounts you qualify for, in writing.
Network and rebate applications lodged by us, then panels, inverter and battery fitted, normally in one day.
Export settings confirmed, backup tested, and the monitoring app set up so you can watch the battery fill.
Three incentives, each from a different scheme with different rules.
Small-scale technology certificates come off the price of eligible solar panels at the point of sale. Nothing to claim later.
Around 30 percent off an approved battery from the federal program, with no income test. On a zero-export home the battery does the heavy lifting, so this matters.
On solar panels and inverters only, for eligible owner-occupiers. There is no Solar Victoria battery rebate or loan since 2025. Holiday homes and rentals are treated differently, so we check before quoting.
Rye roofs come with conditions: salt, wind, three-phase supply and sometimes export limits. We design for them rather than around them.
The 14.08kW zero-export system above is on a Rye home, with the owner's review on the case study.
SAA accredited, New Energy Tech Approved Seller, and no subcontractors on your roof or at your switchboard.
Heat pump hot water, reverse cycle heating and EV chargers are our work as well. See heating and cooling in Rye.
Our team has more than twenty years in the trade, and coastal conditions are nothing new to us.
Live Google reviews. Look for the Sigenergy, GoodWe and Powerwall jobs.
Anything else, call 0466 355 441. You will speak with an electrician.
A condition the network sets on some connections, meaning the solar system may not send power back to the grid. The inverter is programmed to that limit. It does not stop you having solar, it changes how the system should be sized.
It can be, with the right design. Every kWh the house uses from its own roof or battery is one you do not buy. A larger battery and daytime loads like hot water make sure little is wasted.
We check with the network as part of the design. Some connections have no limit, some a reduced one, and a few are zero. You will know before you sign.
Panels handle it well. The parts to protect are the fixings, the isolators and the inverter, so we use salt-rated hardware and place the battery and inverter out of the sea wind.
It narrows the list of suitable inverters and batteries, but Sigenergy and GoodWe both make three-phase hybrids we install regularly. The St Andrews Beach system above is one.
With a modular battery like Sigenergy SigenStor, yes. We leave room on the wall and in the switchboard so extra modules can be added without starting again.
We check your connection and export limit, then quote the panels, battery and inverter in writing with the after-rebate price. No obligation.
