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SolarLink · Independent solar expertise
One Link. Total Support.
Independent solar expertise.
Consulting, training, design support and project delivery across Aotearoa.
Practical expertise from someone working in the industry every day. SolarLink helps businesses, design teams, property professionals, emergency services, community organisations and solar installers make better decisions around solar, batteries and electrification.
- 15+ years electrical
- 7+ years solar
- Trained in Germany & NZ
- NZ-wide support
What SolarLink does
Four ways to get help
SolarLink fills the knowledge and coordination gap around solar, for the people who design it, build around it, manage it, sell property with it, respond to it, install it and invest in it.
Working in the solar industry?
Dedicated support for installers and solar businesses.
Ways to start
Services you can book
Fixed prices where the scope is clear. All prices exclude GST.
Design reviewRequest a design review
Solar-Ready Design Review
Roof zones, battery and inverter locations, cable paths and EV provision checked on the plans.
$450 + GST
Team training
Solar-Ready Team Workshop
A practical 60-minute session for your design or construction team.
Standard rate
Book a workshop$650 + GST
Taranaki introductory rate$450 + GST
PropertyBook a property review
Solar Property Review
An independent look at the solar on a home you are buying, selling or listing.
From $295 + GST
CommercialRequest a feasibility study
Commercial Solar Feasibility
System size, savings and payback modelled on your real consumption data.
From $1,250 + GST
SpeakingDiscuss an event
Speaking Engagements
Talks, panels and technical workshops for industry, community and schools.
From $450 + GST
InstallersGet installer support
Installer Technical Support
Design, DG paperwork and compliance checks when your team is flat out.
$175 / hour + GST
or a fixed quote per job
Need something else? See every service and price.
Why SolarLink
Independent advice without the sales pitch.
SolarLink sells expertise, analysis, coordination and education. Advice doesn’t depend on you buying a particular panel, inverter, battery or installation.
Where a project does need installing, SolarLink can coordinate suitable delivery as part of it.
SolarLink is an independent consulting and education business. Founder Brad Lynch is also a director of Solar One. SolarLink engagements are scoped and charged independently, and recommendations are based on the requirements of the project rather than a requirement to purchase equipment or installation from Solar One.
- Current, hands-on industry involvement
- Electrical training in Germany and New Zealand
- Residential, commercial, rural and community projects
- Real experience scaling solar operations
- Plain English, scoped up front, priced transparently
Real work
Advice from someone who actually does the work
Project / design
Lightweight solar at Ara Ake
New PlymouthBrad helped design a 15 kWp system of ultra-light panels on a refurbished roof that could not carry conventional panels. Installed by Solar One.
OutcomeReported by BusinessDesk as the first commercial run of the panels outside the Netherlands.
Read on BusinessDesk →
Industry / training
Workforce and training advocacy
NationalFeatured by RNZ on the solar installation skills gap, drawing on the experience of scaling an install business from one van to a team of seven.
Read on RNZ →From the field
All articles →
Solar insight, minus the jargon
Getting started
Is solar actually worth it?
The honest answer to NZ’s most-asked solar question — what really drives payback.
Read →System design
Grid-tied, hybrid or off-grid?
The three ways to do solar in NZ, and who each one actually suits.
Read →More
Browse all media & insight
Press features, field notes and plain-language solar explainers in one place.
Go to media →Who you deal with
You deal directly with Brad.
An electrician with 15+ years in the trade and the last 7 specialising in solar, trained in Germany and New Zealand. Brad still works in the industry every day, across residential, commercial, rural and community projects.
SolarLink is deliberately hands-on, with no layers and no handover to someone who wasn’t part of the original conversation.
One link. Total support.
Have something solar-related you need help making sense of?
Tell us what you are working on and we will point you to the right help, or tell you honestly if you don’t need us.