Events and webinars

This webinar is for accredited installers, authorised retailers and other industry participants, including original equipment manufacturers.

It covers:

• PV and hot water consumer trends, insights and opportunities across the Solar Homes Program
• opportunities and issues identified through our audits of installations
• installation quality and consumer protections
• guidance on how to increase compliance with safety and industry standards
• a recap on requirements and recommendations in the Solar Victoria Notice to Market 2025–26
• an overview of Solar Victoria’s skills program for workers, including electricians, plumbers and building practitioners.

Presented Wednesday 26 November, 2025.

View the Solar Victoria market update 2025: PV and hot water recording.

Hear from the Victorian Energy Upgrades (VEU) team about new Commercial and Industrial (C&I) solar discounts available to help businesses save on energy costs. This activity also provides a new opportunity for Solar Homes authorised retailers who are existing VEU accredited providers (APs) to install C&I solar, or to become VEU APs for the first time and access the benefits and incentives of this scheme.

Also hear an update on Round 3 of Solar for Apartments funding now in market.

Presented Wednesday 16 October, 2025.

View the New Commercial and Industrial Solar Program webinar recording.

The webinar provided retailers and installers with a clear overview of the Solar for Apartments program, including recent updates, eligibility criteria, and key delivery expectations.

Presented Wednesday 1 October, 2025.

View the Solar for Apartments round 3 webinar recording.

Learn about enhancements we’ve made to audit results in the Solar Victoria portal, measures we are taking to keep your details in the portal safe, and what we are seeing in the installation compliance space.

This webinar covers:

• a walk-through of enhancements to audit results in the portal which now also enable installers to access real time results
• steps you will need to follow so we can better protect your data via multi-factor authentication
• a clear understanding of the compliance installation issues we are detecting
• a reminder about consumer protections obligations under our program
• an opportunity to ask questions and contribute to discussion.

View the Solar Victoria audit, compliance and portal enhancements webinar.

Presented Wednesday 27 August, 2025.

A webinar about new provisions and updates introduced in the Notice to Market 2025–26. The Notice to Market introduces two new mandatory requirements that come into effect on 1 September and eight new recommendations.

View the Notice to Market 2025-26 industry webinar.

Presented Wednesday 7 August, 2025.

Based on retailer feedback we have made some updates to the Solar Victoria Retailer Portal to better improve functionality. Updates to the portal include:

• enhanced dashboard and notification alerts
• visibility of Under Review and Cancelled applications
• product search and display options.

These improvements were implemented on 20 May 2025. To help you understand these updates, we hosted a drop-in session.

Presented Monday 19 May 2025.

View the Solar Victoria retailer portal uplift drop in session recording.

WorkSafe Victoria and Energy Safe Victoria explain workplace safety and technical installation requirements for installations undertaken through the Solar for Apartments program.

Solar PV installations in apartments, units and townhouses can present greater workplace safety risks and require a higher level of design and research into installation requirements than standard solar installations.

Presented Wednesday 14 May, 2025.

View the Solar for Apartments safety and installation requirements recording.

This webinar is for accredited installers and authorised retailers. Presented by TechSafe Australia, it will cover:

• common non-compliant installation practices
• guidance on how to increase compliance with safety and industry standards.

Presented Tuesday 13 February, 2025.

View the Solar PV installations: Common defects and how to increase compliance recording.

This webinar is for accredited installers and authorised retailers. Presented by TechSafe Australia, and covers:

• common non-compliant installation practices
• a close look at mechanical protection, protection against spread of fire and alternate energy supply, plus more
• guidance on how to increase compliance with safety and industry standards.

Presented Tuesday 3 December, 2024.

View the Battery installations: Common Defects recording.

This webinar is for authorised solar retailers, accredited installers and other industry participants, including original equipment manufacturers, which covers:

• PV and battery consumer trends, insights and opportunities across the Solar Homes Program
• opportunities and issues identified through our audits of installations plus industry training, mentoring and guidance available to help increase compliance
• requirements and recommendations in the Solar Victoria Notice to Market 2024-25.

Presented Thursday 28 October, 2024.

View the Solar PV and Battery Market Update recording.

An overview of market trends and insight for hot water systems.

Presented Thursday 17 October, 2024.

View the Hot Water Market Update webinar recording.