Five Steps to Connect
Five simple steps to connect your solar power project
Step 1: Understanding your needs
To learn more about solar, meet one of our friendly and helpful renewable energy specialists who will explain the opportunities and options available to you for grid connected PV Solar Systems.
In this phase we review your current electricity consumption and tariffs to understand your energy requirements.
Step 2: Applying for permissions
For grid connected systems, we will help you submit your application for system installation to your electricity provider (e.g. Ergon Energy).
Obtaining installation approval is cost and obligation free. It provides you with the approval required to commence with your solar installation. Typically this phase can take up to several weeks.
Step 3: Finalising your system design
To finalise the specifics of your system requirements, we will conduct a site survey of the roof structure, existing wiring system and switchboard. This allows us to finalise the cost of you proposed system, meaning there are no hidden costs if you commit to your system installation.
This phase can be completed while waiting for system installation approval.
Step 4: Deciding to go green
Once system installation approval is received, all the system design, planning and costing is complete and its time to give us the green light to indicate that you are ready for your PV installation to go ahead.
To initiate your PV installation, you will need to provide a deposit. At this stage we will create a project installation schedule to suit your requirements and will project manage your system installation (where required).
Step 5: Finalising your system
By now your system has been successfully installed, commissioned, and connected to the grid.
Tropical Energy Solutions will now inform your electricity provider (e.g. Ergon Energy) that an upgrade to your electricity meter is required. We will also prepare the paperwork to help you claim your Renewable Energy Certificate entitlements (called RECs or STCs).
You can sell your Renewable Energy Certificates directly to the market (at the current market rate) or we can help you sell them through the government's Clearing House. The fixed Clearing House price you will receive is $40 per certificate.
During this phase we will also issue you with our final invoice and will provide you with a comprehensive system folder, which includes all the relevant system design, component, warranty and maintenance information.