The installation of thousands of solar batteries within a single year stands as a remarkable achievement for any solar company. Such a feat not only underscores a significant level of…
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MLEC Solar is a Top Volume Solar Retailer, Top Volume Battery Retailer, and Best Rated Retailer for 2025
The installation of thousands of solar panels within a single year stands as a remarkable achievement for any solar company. Such a feat not only underscores a significant level of…
The State of Solar in Australia: Key Takeaways from the 2025 SunWiz PV Market Report
The Australian solar industry continues to be a major player in the global renewable energy transition, and 2024 was no exception. The latest 2025 Annual SunWiz Australian PV Market Report…
Think Renewable is A Top Volume Solar Retailer & Best Rated for 2023
The installation of thousands of solar panels within a single year stands as a remarkable achievement for any solar company. Such a feat not only underscores a significant level of…
Huglo Solar is A Top Volume Solar Retailer for 2023
The installation of thousands of solar panels within a single year stands as a remarkable achievement for any solar company. Such a feat not only underscores a significant level of…
Which battery brands are most popular in Australia?
SunWiz is the preeminent provider of analysis of the Australian battery market. We’ve recently expanded our coverage of the battery manufacturer market share. Here’s some interesting things we’ve seen. Chinese…
Australia’s battery market is holding up well, despite the solar slowdown.
Each year, SunWiz publishes an Annual Battery Market report that is the most comprehensive and robust assessment of the Australian market for energy storage systems. But in this fast-moving market,…
A closer look at some record-breaking commercial PV market segments
Today we’re sharing some content from our new Commercial market feature in Luminate. It’s a closer look at some record-breaking commercial PV market segments. So while the residential PV remains…
How can there be record volumes when everyone’s feeling so much pain
How can there be record volumes when everyone’s feeling so much pain? We’re hearing solar retailers are in a world of pain. But the market is setting records. What can…
Toowoomba Local Solar Hero 2023
Choosing who to buy solar power from can be hard. But your choice just got easier if you’re living in the Toowoomba region. Do you want to do business with a successful local solar power…
Battery Manufacturer Market Share
SunWiz is the leading source of information about Australian market share of each ESS/battery brand. This year the SunWiz 2024 Annual Battery Market Report revealed for the first time, the…
Why the battery market must be accelerated
After years of progressive increase in residential market uptake of Energy Storage Systems (ESS), some market players have suggested we have exhausted the early adopters and are into the next…
ESS system sizes have not steadily increased in the same way PV system sizes did
ESS system sizes have not steadily increased in the same way PV system sizes did. The often-presented chart of PV sizes shows a steady march of 1.5kW making way for…
Amazing Solar is the #2 Most Popular Company in Australia for 2024
SunWiz researched the reviews of every Australian solar company, because we discovered consumers may be misled by overlooking the context of solar installer reviews.  Our research revealed 50% of solar businesses have…
Pre-existing PV is more common (and impactful) than realised in battery sales
For more than a decade, Australia has led the world in uptake of residential PV. The industry-reshaping impacts of that world-leadership are now emerging as a daily experience. 22% of…
2023 was the year of the Big Battery
2023 was the year of the Big Battery. 1GW/1.5GWh of projects energized in 2023 (for projects over 1MW). Not only was it a record-breaking year, Big Battery deployment smashed previous…
2023's record-breaking battery market in charts
It was a record breaking year across the board for Energy Storage Systems in Australia. There were a record-breaking 57,000 residential installations in 2023, tallying a record-setting 656 MWh of…
Media Release: Record-breaking year for battery installations across Australia in 2023
Record-breaking year for battery installations across Australia in 2023 A record number of batteries were installed across Australia in 2023, in homes, businesses and at grid-scale, according to a…
What PV prices are in the goldilocks zone this month?
So much of solar SME’s success relates to prices. Charge too much and you’ll scare off customers. Charge too little and you’ll not cover your overheads. To maximise your…
Hindsight is foresight's poor cousin. Here's what's about to happen in solar
Hi there, Small solar retailers need to understand what large retailers already know: Hindsight is the poor cousin of foresight. Especially for the solar industry. Hindsight vs Foresight You…
Near record year for residential solar power installations
Near record year for residential solar power installations Rooftop solar power systems were installed 11% faster in Australia in 2023 than in 2022, and fell just short of record levels,…