Service area
Solar and batteries in Leonards Hill.
A hilltop sawmilling settlement south of Daylesford, home to Australia's first community owned wind farm.
Leonards Hill
What Leonards Hill needs from a system.
Leonards Hill began as a sawmilling settlement supplying timber to the goldfields, and takes its name from timber splitter W P Leonard, who took up land in the 1860s. The public hall was built in 1884, and it is also where Hepburn Wind built its two turbines, Australia's first community owned wind farm.
Those turbines tell you something useful about the place: it is high, open and windy. A household system here has to be fixed down for that exposure, but the open ground also gives clear sun, and a wind farm up the road does not change how your own roof or battery should be designed.
Local work
Recent work near Leonards Hill.
Real jobs we have finished lately. Our shed is in Trentham, about 20 km from Leonards Hill.
Daylesford, April 2026
A 19 kWh battery
A Fronius GEN24 inverter and a BYD HVM stack.
About 8 km from Leonards Hill.
Daylesford, September 2026
7.4 kW solar and a 16.6 kWh battery
16 AIKO panels, a GoodWe inverter and two 8.3 kWh GoodWe battery modules.
About 8 km from Leonards Hill.
Musk, September 2026
13.7 kW solar, a 54 kWh battery and heat pump hot water
29 AIKO panels, a Sigenergy 10 kW single phase inverter, six Sigenergy battery modules at 9 kWh usable each and a Haier 200 L heat pump.
About 8 km from Leonards Hill.
Coomoora
9.2 kW solar and a 24 kWh battery
AIKO panels, a Sigenergy 8 kW single phase inverter and three 8 kWh Sigenergy modules.
About 10 km from Leonards Hill.
Hepburn
Heat pump hot water
A Thermastore Heatwave 270.
About 10 km from Leonards Hill.
Hepburn
8 kW solar and a battery
A GoodWe inverter.
About 10 km from Leonards Hill.
Questions
Asked about solar in Leonards Hill.
- Does living near the wind turbines change anything for my own system?
- The wind farm feeds the local network on its own account, so your system is designed the same way as anywhere else. What the hilltop setting does change is the mounting, which needs to be rated for strong wind, and the placement of equipment so it is sheltered and easy to reach.
- How big a solar system do people put in around Leonards Hill?
- About 10 kW is the middle of what we have put in closest to Leonards Hill, with the range running from 5.5 kW up to 24 kW. We size yours from your bill and what your roof can hold.
- How big a battery do people get around Leonards Hill?
- The batteries we have finished nearest to Leonards Hill run from about 5.5 kWh to 54 kWh, with about 23 kWh in the middle. What you use after dark decides yours.
- Do you work with single phase and three phase supply near Leonards Hill?
- Yes. Our recent jobs nearby include both, and the inverter is chosen to match the supply at your place.
- Who handles the connection to the power network?
- We do. The connection application is part of the job.
What we do here
Everything, in Leonards Hill.
We design the whole system rather than just the panels: solar, storage, hot water, climate and the electrical behind it. One design, one point of contact, and one company carrying the warranty afterwards.
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Thinking about solar in Leonards Hill?
Send us a recent power bill and your address. We will come back with a right sized design and a straight answer.