Off-grid solar in Port Macquarie and the Hastings.
Coastal new builds that want blackout-proof hybrid, and hinterland blocks behind Wauchope that arrive with a dear connection quote. Port Macquarie sits at the southern end of the Mid North Coast work, next to Kempsey. Designed in Lismore, installed by accredited locals.
Designed in Lismore · installed by accredited localsCoastal hybrid and hinterland stand-alone
New builds that want the lights to stay on
Port Macquarie, Lake Cathie, Bonny Hills. A new house, a tight roof, a family that has already sat through an evening outage. Hybrid storage with real backup — the grid stays connected and mostly ignored, with the wire-cut option drawn in from the start.
Private roads and a torn-up connection quote
Wauchope, Rollands Plains, Comboyne, and the lanes behind them. A long driveway, a dear network quote, and an owner who is done renting the feeder. Stand-alone power sized for winter, generator integration included. That brief lands in the design form every week.
Laurieton, North Haven, the lakes
Holiday houses and year-round homes around Laurieton and North Haven. Evening loads, storm nights, and a feeder that drops more often than the brochure implied. Storage sized to the house, not a catalogue pack.
Property, then design, then gear
No brand is the house brand. The Hastings sees Victron, Sigenergy, Deye and EcoFlow on the same week's drawings. We hold no warehouse, on purpose — the product on the page is the one the property earned, not the one sitting on a shelf.
Stand-alone, hybrid, and the farms in between
| The job | What the design answers | Where it usually lands |
|---|---|---|
| Coastal new build | Whole-home backup, solar sized to the roof, evening carry | Hybrid storage on the new connection — see what we install |
| Rural new build | Power before the slab, then the finished home for decades | Full off-grid with generator integration |
| Existing solar, no storage | Stop exporting cents and buying the evening back | Battery retrofit, switchboard reworked for backup |
| Shed and house split | Batteries where the roof and the room are; backup where people live | Often a gateway layout — Sigenergy or a designed Victron |
| Workshop, cold room, farm | Three-phase loads, demand peaks, plant that cannot wait on a feeder | Commercial design, site visit in person |
Hastings towns we already drive
Port Macquarie sits next to Kempsey, the published start of the Mid North Coast footprint on the areas page. North of Kempsey the map runs through Nambucca to Coffs Harbour, then the Clarence. Outside that map you get a straight answer, and we check whether a preferred partner can take the site on.
Coast Port Macquarie · Lake Cathie · Bonny Hills · Laurieton · North Haven Inland Wauchope · Telegraph Point · Rollands Plains · Comboyne · Kendall
A Port Macquarie design, not a warehouse pack
Tell us the place — coast or hinterland, existing solar or a new roof, and what has to run when the feeder drops. If hybrid is the answer, the design shows the backup boundary. If stand-alone fits, the design shows the winter sizing instead.
Prefer to talk it through? Call or text 0483 927 257 — Lismore HQ, local voices.
Port Macquarie questions, answered
Do you install off-grid solar in Port Macquarie?
Yes. Port Macquarie, Wauchope, Lake Cathie, Laurieton and the Hastings sit at the southern end of The Off Grid Shop's Mid North Coast work, next to Kempsey. Systems are designed in Lismore and installed by accredited locals.
Is Port Macquarie inside the published service area?
The areas page names Kempsey as the start of the Mid North Coast footprint. Port Macquarie is the next coastal city south of that line. The same Lismore desk takes Hastings properties; the form on this page opens the design.
Do you design hybrid systems for new coastal builds?
Weekly. Port Macquarie, Lake Cathie and Bonny Hills jobs often want blackout-proof hybrid on a new house — whole-home backup, solar sized to the roof, storage that carries the evening. The design keeps the option to cut the connection later.
What about a property up a private road behind Wauchope?
That is the other weekly brief: a long driveway, a dear connection quote, and an owner who wants the grid torn up. Stand-alone power sized for winter loads, generator integration included. The design compares that path with a hybrid keep-the-wire option.
Which brands do you install around Port Macquarie?
Whatever the property calls for. Victron, Sigenergy, Deye, EcoFlow and Australian-made storage are all in the range. No brand is the house brand. The design names the gear after the loads and the layout are counted.
How do I start a Port Macquarie design?
Send the form on this page or call 0483 927 257. Name, phone and suburb are enough. A designer comes back with a system sized to the property.