Residential

Solar For Apartments

$2800 Solar for Apartment grants are back open!

Following on from its enormous success in Round 1 and Round 2 – Solar Victoria are back with Round 3 of their Solar for Apartment grants.

It’s all part of the State Government’s push to make renewable energy more accessible for everyday Aussies, who may have found it difficult to access before.

To find out how TCK Solar can help your building access up to $140,000 in government funding per building, contact TCK Solar today.

Round 3 applications are now open!

Applications close on 30 April 2026

Find out if your building qualifies online in less than 2 mins, click this link

Eligible Properties:

supply power to a minimum of 5 residential lots, and no more than 50 lots*
be no more than 8 storeys tall from ground level*
be a completed development at the time of application
be classed under the National Construction Code as a Class 2 domestic building (e.g. an apartment complex) or a group of horizontally attached Class 1a buildings (e.g. townhouses or row units)
have a median capital improved residential lot value that does not exceed $950,000
have not had a solar panel (PV) system installed in the last ten years (the OC may apply for funding to install solar PV for residential lots not already connected to an existing system)
not be a retirement village, commercial building or owned by a local council, property developer or community housing organisation
not be connected to an embedded network for its electricity supply.

*Exemptions may apply – If your building has more than 50 but fewer than 100 lots, or is over 8 storeys, and meets all other eligibility criteria.

TCK Solar's enormous success in Round 1 & 2 of Solar for Apartments

TCK Solar’s unique, $0 out-of-pocket offering turned out to be a huge hit in Round 1 of the Solar for Apartments grant, funded by both the Vic State Government and Federal Government.

As planned, the free 1kw of solar each, made Owners Corporation approval super easy. But it turned out to be a little bit too ambitious. In Round 2 we were still able to deliver many projects at no-out-of-pocket cost, but on a case-by-case basis some projects required additional funding. In many cases this funding was able to be provided with some residents purchasing additional panels. The generous grant for apartments still kept costs to a minimum and helped many to access solar when it was previously out of their reach.

Timo Karnath, Director & Founder of TCK Solar, says – “a lot of solar companies simply don’t have the capacity to touch jobs like these. Its not simple to install on apartments and a lot of solar companies shy away from the task. There can be 50 individual systems within one building, often with many multiple sizes and panel configurations. Fortunately for us, we’ve spent the last 15 years custom designing every system we do, this kind of thing is our bread and butter.”

In Round 1 & 2, TCK Solar delivered 31 solar for apartments projects between Oct 2024 and Oct 2025, helping 408 residences reduce their reliance on costly grid power

“We’re really pleased with the result, it’s been a new area for us, but our expertise and own in-house expert installers really helped set us up for success here. It really was quite perfectly suited to our experience”, Timo says.