To help put the opportunity into perspective, here are some indicative numbers:

• The average Australian household energy bill is approximately $500 per quarter.

• Over 25 years (the typical life of solar panels), that equates to 100 quarters.

• At $500 per quarter, that represents at least $50,000 in electricity costs over that period — assuming no price increases (which historically has not been the case, but we’ll keep it conservative).

An investment in 15.1kW through SolarCloud is currently $22,499. Based on current projections, that could represent approximately $27,000 in savings over the same period.

This saving essentially comes from your investment in solar through SolarCloud crediting your energy bill with over $50,000 in dollars over the life of the system, at a cost of $22,499 — resulting in a net benefit of over $27,000.

Obviously, just like solar installed on your own roof, there will be seasonal variations — more sunlight and therefore greater yield in summer, and less in winter. However, when averaged across the full 25-year period, this is the projected outcome.

So fundamentally, it is exactly the same principle as investing in rooftop solar to reduce your energy bill. The only difference is that the solar infrastructure is not physically on your roof.

That is why we often refer to the similarity with cloud storage. Your photos and films are not stored on your phone — they’re stored securely in the cloud. In the same way, your solar isn’t on your roof — it’s allocated within SolarCloud’s infrastructure, but it performs the same economic function of reducing your energy costs.

You’ll notice we consistently use the term “indicative.” This is deliberate. We have been advised that under ASIC guidance, you cannot guarantee future outcomes — technically, you cannot even guarantee that the sun will rise tomorrow or predict the exact amount of sunlight in a given period. While we rely on long-term historical data from the Bureau of Meteorology to model average sunlight hours in each location — and those assumptions are statistically very accurate — they must still be described as assumptions and indicative projections.

This is no different to residential rooftop solar. Installers cannot guarantee the precise amount of sunlight tomorrow or exact output year-to-year; they rely on historical averages and modelling in exactly the same way.