1 May 2021
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Solar panels on a suburban roof by Mondiaux Solar, one of Canberra’s most recommended commercial solar panel installers. Photo: Mondiaux Solar.
Solar panels have become a common sight across the rooftops of Canberra’s suburbs, generating clean, green electricity and reducing power bills. But when the sun isn’t shining and power needs to be used, households and businesses still need to rely on the grid, usually at the most expensive time of the day.
It is an unavoidable fact that solar systems produce power at different times than when homeowners use it. Solar systems usually overproduce electricity during the middle of the day, beyond what most homeowners need. While this excess power is currently sold back to the utility grid, with homeowners receiving a credit to offset the power they draw in at night, the credit is very small and households can use a lot of power in the evenings when appliances are often at peak use.