Newcastle & Lake Macquarie

Off-grid, solar & batteries in Newcastle

Rooftop solar, home batteries and EV chargers across Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, from a Hunter Valley family crew.

Kemp Energy solar and battery installation
What we do here

Solar, battery and off-grid work around Newcastle

Tesla Powerwall battery installed on a Hunter Valley home

Batteries

Use your own solar after sundown and ride out the next outage without missing a beat. Tesla, Sungrow, BYD, Deye and Fox ESS — sized against your actual usage pattern, not a brochure number.

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All-black Jinko solar array on a rural shed roof, Quorrobolong NSW

Residential Systems

Grid-tied solar with a battery for self-consumption and outage backup. The default for new Hunter Valley homes — sized against your own usage so the system pays for itself on the power you actually use.

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Porsche EV wall charger paired with a SolarEdge inverter on a Kemp Energy install

EV Charging Systems

Charge your EV from your own roof. We size your solar to comfortably cover daily driving on top of household load, install OCPP-compliant wall chargers (Porsche, Tesla, generic Type 2), and tie the charger into your existing inverter monitoring.

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Fronius Primo inverters paired with a Victron Quattro in an off-grid plant room, Quorrobolong NSW

Off-Grid Systems

Standalone power for properties beyond the grid. We design and install systems that run a whole homestead — pumps, welders, fridges, freezers — through the worst week of weather, with generator backup to fill the gaps.

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Local notes

What Newcastle jobs usually look like

Coastal suburbs (Merewether, Stockton, Redhead) deal with salt air, so racking, fixings and inverter placement are chosen with that in mind.

Older suburbs (Lambton, Wallsend, Mayfield, Kotara) have tile roofs and mature trees, so panel layout and shading matter more than headline kilowatts.

EV uptake is strongest here. Solar sized to cover a car, a wall charger on its own circuit, and a battery for the evening is the package we quote most.

Suburbs and villages we cover around Newcastle

  • Newcastle
  • Merewether
  • Hamilton
  • Lambton
  • New Lambton
  • Wallsend
  • Mayfield
  • Stockton
  • Kotara
  • Charlestown
  • Cardiff
  • Warners Bay
  • Belmont
  • Toronto
  • Swansea
  • Redhead
  • Morisset
  • Raymond Terrace
  • Medowie
  • Williamtown
Our work

The kind of systems we build

Residential rooftop solar array
Residential rooftop solar
Tesla Powerwall home battery mounted on a brick wall
Tesla Powerwall install
Solis hybrid inverter and battery on a brick garage wall
Hybrid inverter and battery

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Questions

Working with us in Newcastle

Do you actually come out to Newcastle?

Yes. We work across Newcastle and the surrounding area. Site visits are done in person by one of the family, not a salesperson, and the same crew does the install.

Do you do both off-grid and grid-connected work in Newcastle?

Yes. We're SAA accredited for grid-connected solar, battery storage and stand-alone power systems, so whether you're on the network or a long way from it, one design and one crew covers it. Everything is quoted in writing before we start.

What happens if something goes wrong later?

You call the same number and speak to the same people who installed it. We support what we install for the life of the system, and we'll tell you straight what's wrong and what it'll take to fix.

Do you service systems you didn't install?

Yes. If you've got an existing system in Newcastle that's underperforming or out of warranty support, we'll service it, repair it, or tell you honestly when it's time to replace it.

Talk to us about your place in Newcastle

A few details and one of the family will call or email you back.

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📞 1300 748 477