A new survey shows that most Australian solar installers are not worried about the solar panel and battery brands, but have a clear preference when it comes to inverters.
Fronius has been assessed as the most popular brand for residential inverters in Australia by the solar installers of the country. A recent study by the market research agency Solar -Nerds Show that more than a quarter of the installers prefer to use the products of the Austrian manufacturer.
The questionnairewhich has performed the opinions of more than 250 solar installers from all over the country, shows that 27.1% of the respondents prefer to use Fronius Inverters.
Inverters from the Chinese manufacturer Sungrow gave the support of 18.69% of the installers, but in one fell swoop for manufacturer loyalty, another 17.76% said they had no preference when it comes to which brand they work.
The lack of brand loyalty was even more pronounced with solar panels and storage systems for battery energy, with 25.23% of the installers said they have no favorite solar panel to work with, while 23.26% said the same about battery systems.
Chinese production major Trina Solar was the most popular of the solar panels, with 14.02% of the installers who prefer to work with them, first Jinkosolar (13.08%) and Longi (8.41%).
Solar Nerds said that Sungrow (20.56%) and Tesla (18.69%) were popular battery choices, with BYD (8.41%) the next most favorite choice.
Pylon in Sydney-based solar design provider was the most popular design tool with a large margin, preferred by 38.3% of the respondents, prior to Openly that collected 23.4% of the votes.
Green Financier Brighte was the most popular financing company with 41.3% of the installers who nominated it as their favorite lender, while 39.13% of the respondents stated that they do not use finances at all.
IMAAN DANAWALLA, Managing Director of Solar Nerds Parent Solaris Finance, said that one of the interesting finds of the survey was the attitude of the industry compared to the products of “buy now, pay later”.
“There is a lot of anecdotal evidence from the industry that people really don’t buy from, pay later in solar energy, but this question had split installers,” he said. “Although rejected the most answers, more than half of it is indifferent or approved.”
When asked their opinion about buying now pay later products in solar energy, 43.8% of the installers said they rejected the contracts, while 35.4% were indifferent and 20.8% approved.
The findings are supplied with new laws for buying, now pay later products to come into effect later this year, whereby the products must be regulated under national credit laws and companies in the sector will have to determine that products are suitable for their users under responsible credit obligations .
From 10 June 2025, suppliers of Buy Now Later contracts must hold a credit permit that authorizes them to perform credit activities as a credit provider, subject to transitional arrangements.
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