South Australia · one installer, not five
Solar quotes in South Australia.
We cover one area of South Australia. Your details go to a single accredited installer who works there — not to five companies who will ring you all week.
Where we cover
The South Australia areas we can actually serve
If your address is outside them the form says so, rather than taking your details and going quiet.
Adelaide
Adelaide and its suburbs, from Gawler to Noarlunga and into the Hills.
South Australia has more rooftop solar per household than anywhere else in the country, and the network has rules about exporting into it. Ask whether your system will be export-limited, and by how much.
What a roof makes here
How much power South Australia gets per kilowatt
Australia is split into four solar zones by postcode, and each carries a rating: the electricity a kilowatt of panels is expected to make there in a year. It is not our estimate — it is the figure the federal certificate scheme itself uses.
| Area | Postcode | Zone | Per kW, a year | A 6.6 kW system |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adelaide | 5000 | Zone 3 | 1,382 kWh | 9,121 kWh |
From the Clean Energy Regulator's Renewable Energy (Electricity) (Zone Ratings and Zones for Solar (Photovoltaic) Systems) Instrument 2019, in effect since 2020-01-01 and read on 2026-09-19. It is the good case rather than the likely one: shade, a south-facing pitch or a chimney in the wrong place only ever take off the number. Put your own postcode in for 4 system sizes.
Money
Rebates and what you are paid in South Australia
The federal scheme takes money off the price before you pay it, so a quote you are shown almost certainly has it deducted already — ask for it as its own line so you can see it. The amount turns on your postcode, the size of the system and the year, and it steps down every January, which is why there is no figure printed on this page that would be wrong by February. The current rules are at the Clean Energy Regulator.
South Australia may run its own household programs on top of that, with their own eligibility and their own paperwork. They change, and an installer who works there deals with them weekly — so ask which ones apply to your address, and ask them to show it on the quote. What you are paid for the power you export is a separate thing again: it is set by your electricity retailer rather than your installer, and you can compare it at Energy Made Easy (the government's own retail comparison).
Before your number moves
What we check
Accreditation, and that it has not lapsed
Installing a grid-connected solar system in Australia requires an accredited installer, and the accreditation expires. We hold the certificate, we hold its expiry date, and the platform stops sending work to a business whose accreditation has run out — automatically, on the day, rather than when somebody notices.
Insurance
Public liability cover, on file and in date. People are going on your roof and into your switchboard.
That they actually cover your address
Every installer draws the area they serve, and we match your postcode against it. It is why you do not get a call from someone three hours away who will quote high and hope you say no.
That they are not taking more than they can handle
There is a limit on how many installers work any one area through us, and a limit on how much work each takes at a time. An installer with a full diary is the reason a quote takes three weeks.
Ready to see what it would cost on your roof?
Your postcode, what you are after, and a number to call you on. About two minutes, and one checked installer who covers South Australia gets in touch — nobody else.
Free, no obligation, and your details go to one installer.