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About Us
Our Core
It's simple.
CATCH Power was founded by like minded people that came together with the same core belief; to make sustainable thinking the norm and not the exception. We all have a role to play in the future energy of Australia, and with that comes many challenges. Our Journey is to build and supply the technology that is required to reach our renewable energy targets.
We design, engineer, manufacture and sell our products all from New South Wales. Where possible we source all of our components locally. It is important for CATCH Power as a company to support our community and to help it thrive.
Our Mission
To provide real solutions for our customers that don't cost the earth.
It is true that feed-in tariffs vary for every energy company but a high feed-in comes at a cost; higher electricity rates and smaller discounts on your overall bill. Let's be honest, the energy companies are in this to make money and having solar installed comes at a loss to them, so one way or another they will make money.
So, sizing a solar system purely around feed-in tariffs may not make sense in the long run. The best way to get the most out of your system is by sizing a system around your self consumption.
The typical family only uses 30% of the energy that they produce from their solar. Adding a battery can increase your usage up to 80%, but for the fraction of the price you could install CATCH Power and increase your self consumption up to 50-60% in some cases.
Our Story
Founded in 2016 by Jason, a solar installer with a background in Electrical Engineering and Software development, and Scott, a supplier of solar equipment. The two quickly built a strong bond and discussed the many issues that were arising in the industry.
The truth is that basically overnight the feed-in tariffs dropped from $0.60 in NSW to $0.06 meaning Jason was being called to numerous properties from customers thinking their solar was no longer working as effectively. What this demonstrated was was how much of a role the feed-in tariff played in the payback of a system.
Why Hot Water?
In 2010, the government introduced a program to phase out electric hot water systems. They knew what we knew, that electric hot water is the single largest load in the home.
"In 2012, Rheem’s on-line calculator shows that the expected annual running costs in NSW, based on average consumption's are:
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Electric HW, domestic rate- $1466 per year
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Electric HW, Off peak rate – $519 per year
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SHW, electric boosted domestic tariff – $636 per year
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SHW, LPG boosted – $516 per year"
This article was posted Here on Renew Economy.
Think how much energy costs have gone up in the last 8 years and what these numbers would look like today!
There are still over 2.5 million electric hot water systems installed across Australia today. From our extensive research we have found that the average home consumes 6kWh per day in hot water energy. That is over 15,000 megawatt hours of energy per day being used from mains power. Imagine the savings that a CATCH Power can provide over a single year, or the life of the unit. It is no wonder that CATCH Power is the perfect ad-on to any solar system with electric hot water, or other restive loads within the home.
Meet our team
Jason
Jason
Jason
Owner/Operator
Electrical Engineer and Software Developer
Jason's passions is contagious and with more than 10 years industry experience he has seen many changes and aims to make a difference in the energy sector.
Scott
Scott
Owner/Operator
Scott is responsible for growing Catch to the household name it is today. Without him we could very well still be a backyard project.
Lachlan
Lachlan
Team Leader
Manufacturing
Lachlan was our first employee at Catch Power and without him none of this would have been possible.
If you have seen one of our units, chances are it has passed through Lachy's hands.
Shannan
Shannan
Accounts Payable/receivable
Shannan has been a pivotal part of the business simply because if it wasn't for her then our bills wouldn't get paid. She is always eager to help where ever possible.
Anthonee
Anthonee
Software Developer
From our Management System to app development there is not much that Anthonee can not do!
James
James
Electrical Engineer
Product R & D
James joined our team at just the right time he has been imperative to the latest product design and functionality.
Alex
Alex
Manufacturing
Alex joined our team late 2019 as demand continued to grow. Alex has fit right in with the team and picked up the production processes seamlessly
Erin
Erin
Customer Care and Marketing
Erin has a passion for customer service and with more than 10 year experience in the field is the person to come to if you have any questions in this area.
Jean
Jean
Jean is our newest recruit. Jean will be looking after all of the technical sales enquiries from our installers, plus all of those essential administrative duties. We look forward to seeing Jean grow with the company.