What a solar carport
actually costs.
The honest answer: it depends on a handful of clear factors. Here’s what drives the price, how payback works, and where rebates fit, for homes and business in the ACT and South Coast NSW.
Five things that
move the number.
A single-bay home carport (9 modules) sits at the small end; a multi-bay commercial car park runs much larger.
Ground conditions, footings and any civil works affect cost per site.
Adding chargers and the switchboard work to support them.
Optional, adds cost but improves self-consumption and resilience.
Distance to the switchboard, metering and grid-connection requirements.
Small-scale technology certificates lower up-front cost; larger systems may access LGCs. NSW has offered EV/fleet incentives, confirmed per project at quote stage.
Where the return
comes from.
Three places: the grid power you no longer buy, the EV charging you shift off the grid, and, for business, reduced peak demand. With 4.9+ peak sun hours daily across the Canberra region, a correctly sized carport generates strong, predictable output.
Self-Consumption Is the Lever
The more of your own generation you use on site, the faster the payback.
Residential: Priced Per Bay
Scales predictably from single to double to modular configurations.
Commercial: Quoted Per Project
Bay count, structural engineering, EV charging and grid connection, quoted individually after a site assessment.
Incentive amounts and eligibility change over time. We confirm what applies to your specific project during the quote, so the number you get is real, not a brochure estimate.
The accurate number
takes one site visit.
Tell us your bays, energy use and whether you want EV charging, and we’ll prepare a quote. See options for homes, business and EV charging.