All the power you need. Always.
Off-grid and hybrid solar systems, designed and maintained on 35 years of knowing what fails out here.
Thirty-five years of getting it right
"There's no such thing as 97% reliability. It needs to be 100%."
- Garry Williams, founder, Empowered Offgrid
More than two hundred and fifty off-grid systems. Thirty-five years finding out what actually survives out here.
Garry Williams started installing off-grid power in 1991 — and lived on it himself for twenty-three years, testing every battery, regulator and inverter before any of it reached a customer’s roof. What he learned became the standard: size for the worst week, not the best day. Build the generator in, not bolt it on. Come back every year, not just when something breaks.
That’s still how we work. We don’t install and disappear.
Thirty-five years out here
Garry Williams started installing off-grid solar in 1991. What he learned about what works and fails informs every system we design.
Designed around your load
We start by working out how and when you actually use power. Your system design comes from that, not from a catalogue.
We don't install & disappear
We come back every year, look at how your system is performing, and fix what needs fixing before it becomes an outage.
Accredited for off-grid, specifically
Off-grid is held to a higher standard than rooftop solar. Our installer is SAA-accredited for stand-alone power systems, and a licensed electrical contractor.
We design, install and service off-grid and hybrid solar power for rural properties across the Central Coast, Hunter Region and Lower Mid North Coast. Systems are built to run a house, a shed or a farm, in the week of the year that tests them most.
Testimonials
Twelve properties. Twelve people who'll tell you the same thing.
off-grid & hybrid systems
Sized for your worst week, not your best day.
Hybrid Solar
Benefits
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Store your own Solar Energy
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Full monitoring of your system
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Use your own power at peak times
SERVICE REQUIREMENTS
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Annual maintenance on our systems
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Transfers to new owners if you sell your home
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Off-Grid Solar
Benefits
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Your very own off-grid energy solution
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Custom-designed to suit your needs
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12-month free service period
AFTER-SALES SERVICE
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Annual maintenance on our systems
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Transfers to new owners if you sell your home
The Numbers
What your power actually costs — locked in
No retailer. No network charges. No supply fee. No annual increase. What your power costs is set by the system on your roof, not by someone else’s price list — and we’ll work out your number before you commit to anything.
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years designing solar, since 1991
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months free service, every install
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installs & counting
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annual service visit… built in
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Grid Connection
Connecting to the grid can cost more than leaving it.
FAQ
The questions everyone asks before they commit.
Will I run out of power in winter?
No system in this country runs a house through July on sunlight alone, and anyone who tells you otherwise is selling. We size the battery for your actual winter load and put a generator in as part of the design, not as an afterthought — then tell you upfront roughly how often you’ll hear it run.
Is off-grid cheaper than connecting to the grid?
Who looks after the system once it's in?
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The Rebate
The battery rebate, explained straight.
The federal battery discount gets smaller as your battery gets bigger — and off-grid systems are big. Most installers let you discover that at quote stage. We’d rather you knew now.
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Articles
Straight answers on off-grid and hybrid power.
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