A 7 kW system sits between the everyday 6.6 kW package and the 10 kW class. It suits a larger family home with real daytime load, a house running ducted air conditioning, a pool, or a home office, and anyone who wants headroom for an electric car charger without going to a 10 kW inverter.

With 16 panels it produces about 27 to 29 kWh on an average day across the year. If your usage is at the top of that range, or a battery is on the cards, compare it with our 10 kW package before deciding. The sizing guide shows how to match a system to your bill.

Sixteen panels on the 8.5 kW Goodwe MS is the first step above the 5 kW inverter class.

• 16 Canadian Solar 440 W N-type black frame panels, 7.04 kW of panel capacity in total
• One 8.5 kW Goodwe MS inverter
• 25 year product and performance warranty on the panels
• 10 year warranty on the inverter
• Electricity retailer metering arranged by us, including the paperwork for your feed-in tariff
• Production monitoring through the smartphone app, so you can see what the system makes every day
• Design, installation and grid connection by our own in-house team, with no subcontractors

Canadian Solar’s 440 W panels are the black frame N-type modules we fit across the Mid North Coast. Read our Canadian Solar panel review for how they compare. The Goodwe inverter is covered in our Goodwe inverter review.

On the Mid North Coast a well sited system averages about 4 kWh per kilowatt per day across the year. For this package that is roughly 27 to 29 kWh a day, or around 10,200 kWh a year, with more in summer and less in winter. A north facing roof does best, but east and west facing arrays still perform well here and can spread production across the morning and afternoon.

Allow about 32 square metres of clear roof for the 16 panels, plus clearance from roof edges, vents and anything that throws shade. Roof pitch, orientation and any shading are all checked at the free site assessment, and we design the layout to suit your roof rather than a standard drawing.

The federal solar rebate, paid as small scale technology certificates, is applied as a point of sale discount on every system we install, so the quote you receive already has it taken off. Finance is available through Brighte with $0 interest options and repayment terms from 6 to 84 months, so a system can be paid off from the savings it makes. Details are on our payment options and finance page.

Ready to find out if a 7 kW system is right for your place? Use the form below or call us for a free, no-obligation quote. We come to you anywhere on the Mid North Coast, from Port Macquarie to Kempsey, Wauchope, Laurieton and Taree, and every package is installed by our own in-house team. You can also compare all our solar packages.