If you’re a savvy business owner looking to cut costs and better your bottom line, you will no doubt have looked into solar energy. But like so many tech-driven, high demand industries, solar has continued to change and adapt at a record pace. As a result, what you may have considered only five years ago may be a relic in comparison to what options you have today.
A wider market separates the wheat from the chaff
As a market grows, so do your options. As a result of commercial solar energy’s growing popularity, we have seen more manufacturers come to the party, offering you a range of budget to premium options.
But like all machinery and appliances, you truly do get what you pay for. While cheaper components are available, and may knock a few hundred dollars off your panels and system, the past five years has proven to us where the real quality lies. Your commercial solar system is designed to last 20 - 25 years, making it a long game investment when it comes to saving significant money on your energy bills. So if your system is failing within a few years, like we have seen from low quality manufacturers, it’s worth knowing you are investing in the right brands for a positive return on investment.
According to the Sunny Side Up report from the Consumer Action Law Centre, close to 700 solar companies have gone out of business since 2011. This leaves around 650,000 Australians with no assistance or recourse if their systems fail, or they need to reach out with a question about their output. The last decade has laid challenge to the longevity of ‘cheap as chips’ companies, revealing firms like Choice Energy as those invested and available when it comes to the long-term run of your solar system.
The technology solutions to maximum output
Like all burgeoning tech, solar panel output met some tricky snafus in the past which have been resolved with clever and increasingly affordable options. One critical advancement? Optimisers.
Optimisers allow your solar panel system to overcome previously common issues with underperforming cells or panels. Once, a panel in a semi-shaded spot would compromise the output of the entire system, whereas now a range of Panel Level Optimisers (PLO) effectively reduces this block. Modern Solar Panel Optimisation means your new system can work harder and more effectively, pushing up that output and potentially cutting your costs even further.
