Solar Panel & Battery Installation
Melbourne & Victoria

Residential inspections look at roof space and switchboard. SolarFold assessments look at terrain, access routes for the container, ground conditions, solar irradiance, local grid infrastructure, diesel baseline costs, and operational power demand curves. Starlink connectivity for remote monitoring may also be factored in.

Residential offers up to 5 proposals at varying price points. SolarFold proposals centre on which configuration tier (Basic / Pro / Performance / Ultra, on-grid or off-grid), how many containers are needed, BESS sizing, genset integration, and whether ownership or a lease/rental model applies. Financial modelling shifts from household bill savings to diesel displacement, OpEx reduction, and project ROI.

Residential installations are 1–2 day jobs on a roof. SolarFold deployment is a logistics and field operation — container transport, site positioning, fold-out of the PV array, BESS plug-in, and energisation. The website states this can be done in under one day, but site prep and access planning is a significant pre-work step.

Both require electrical compliance to Australian standards (AS/NZS 3000). However, SolarFold adds IP66 protection verification, EMS logic testing, hybrid inverter commissioning, BESS safety checks, and load testing under real operating conditions. There’s no Certificate of Electrical Safety (COES) in the same residential format — it’s a full industrial commissioning sign-off.

Residential handover is about teaching a homeowner to use their app. SolarFold handover equips an operations team — remote monitoring via Starlink, EMS dashboards, escalation procedures, redeployment planning, and ongoing field support. The system may be moved multiple times across its life, so handover includes redeployment protocols, not just monitoring.