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Solar lets your home or business generate its own electricity, so you buy less from the grid. With a battery, you can store solar power for use when the sun isn’t shining and, if the system is designed and set up for it, during blackouts. Federal and state incentives also help reduce the upfront cost.
- Use your own power. Electricity you generate and use yourself is electricity you don’t buy.
- Store it for later. A battery stores excess solar for the evening and overnight.
- Backup power. Many grid-connected systems shut down in a power outage. A battery system designed and set up to run independently of the grid can keep supplying power, and what it backs up depends on the design. See Will a battery keep my power on during a blackout?
- Smarter energy use. Monitoring apps and home energy management systems record where your power goes and track how your system is performing.
- Incentives. As at November 2026, federal small-scale technology certificates (STCs) and the Cheaper Home Batteries Program give an upfront discount on eligible systems. These are certificate-based discounts, not government cash payments.
- Extra earning options. You can join a virtual power plant, where the operator controls your battery some or all of the time in return for financial benefits. See What is a virtual power plant?
Every solar and battery system SEA installs comes with SEA Smart Care: a 10-year workmanship guarantee and a 5-year Whole-of-System Warranty with onsite support, alongside your manufacturer warranties and Australian Consumer Law rights.
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