Solar installers in Canberra: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank solar installers in canberra by visibility and citations. 20 brands measured monthly across Google AI Mode: which brands the AI names in answers, which domains it cites as sources, and how the leaders compare. Solar installation companies serving Canberra households and businesses with rooftop solar, batteries, energy monitoring, system upgrades, and residential or commercial energy projects across the metro area. Composite score: 70% visibility (% of AI answers naming the brand) + 30% citation rate (% citing the brand's domain). Full methodology →
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At a glance
What we observed in this categoryauto-generated
Solargain holds the only meaningful position in this category, recording 25.0% visibility and a composite score of 17.5 against a category average of just 1.2%. Every other tracked brand, including large national players such as Origin Energy, AGL, and Solahart, sits at 0.0% visibility and a 0.0 composite score. That gap is substantial: Solargain is currently the sole brand that Google AI Mode surfaces at all when users query solar installers in Canberra.
Despite Solargain leading on visibility, its citation rate is 0.0%, matching every other brand in the category. This means AI Mode is naming Solargain in responses but not linking back to its domain as a source. No brand in the top 10 has earned a citation, so the category shows a clean split: one brand is mentioned, zero brands are trusted as a citable reference. Named presence and cited authority are entirely disconnected here.
The cited sources driving AI Mode responses in this category are dominated by social and aggregator platforms: youtube.com, google.com, facebook.com, and reddit.com appear before any specialist solar site. Among vertical sources, solarchoice.net.au leads, followed by canberratimes.com.au, region.com.au, and sunbuiltsolar.com.au. This pattern suggests AI Mode is anchoring on third-party review and local news content rather than installer brand domains when constructing answers.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Solargain 0% → 25% · rank #0 → #1+25pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
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| 1 |
solargain.com.au
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25% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Solargain is the only brand above zero, recording 25.0% visibility and a composite score of 17.5, more than 20 times the 1.2% category average, yet it holds a 0.0% citation rate. |
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| 2 |
originenergy.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Origin Energy sits at rank 2 by classification but records 0.0% visibility and a 0.0 composite score, meaning it has no current presence in Google AI Mode responses for this category. |
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| 3 |
agl.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
AGL holds rank 3 but matches Origin Energy at 0.0% visibility and 0.0 composite score, with Google AI Mode not surfacing it in any tracked Canberra solar installer queries. |
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| 4 |
solahart.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Solahart registers 0.0% visibility and 0.0 citations despite being a nationally recognised solar brand, indicating no differentiated AI Mode presence in the Canberra local market context. |
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| 5 |
sunboost.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sunboost records 0.0% visibility and a 0.0 composite score, identical to ranks 2 through 10, placing it in a large group of brands with zero measurable AI Mode presence in this category. |
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| 6 |
solaray.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
shinehub.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
nectr.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
infiniteenergy.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
arisesolar.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
smartenergyanswers.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 12 |
captaingreensolar.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 13 |
openelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 14 |
1komma5.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 15 |
halcolenergy.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 16 |
solarsecure.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 17 |
energymatters.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 18 |
emeraldsolar.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 19 |
greensolartechnologies.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 20 |
obrienelectrical.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sources AI engines trust in this category
Across the 8 buyer-intent queries we ran on solar installers in canberra, these are the domains Google AI Mode cited most often. If you're not on this list — or if your competitors are — that's a concrete PR / linkbuilding target.
How to read this ranking
Four things worth knowing before you act on the numbers above. These are the same definitions across every industry page — for category-specific observations, see the What we observed section above (where available) and the per-brand insights inline in the ranking.
Visibility = being named
A brand's visibility % is the share of AI answers that mention it by name in the response prose. This is who AI engines actively recommend to the buyer.
Citation rate = being trusted
Citation rate is the share of AI answers that include the brand's domain as a clickable source link. This is what the AI treats as authoritative evidence — different from being named.
Top engine differs by brand
The "top engine" column shows which AI surface each brand performs best on. Big gaps between a brand's score across engines usually points to specific content or schema gaps.
Rankings move month to month
AI engines re-crawl and re-rank on shorter cycles than classical search. We re-audit every brand on this list at least every 30 days and refresh this page automatically.
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Frequently asked about solar installers in canberra AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility among solar installers in Canberra?
Solargain leads with 25.0% visibility and a composite score of 17.5. Every other tracked brand in the category records 0.0% visibility.
Are any solar installer brands being cited as sources in Google AI Mode for Canberra queries?
No. The average citation rate across all 20 tracked brands is 0.0%, including Solargain, which means no installer domain is being used as a citable reference in AI responses.
What sources is Google AI Mode anchoring on for Canberra solar installer queries?
The top cited sources are youtube.com, google.com, facebook.com, and reddit.com, followed by specialist sites solarchoice.net.au, canberratimes.com.au, region.com.au, and sunbuiltsolar.com.au.
How does Solargain's visibility compare to the category average?
Solargain's 25.0% visibility is more than 20 times the category average of 1.2%, making it an extreme outlier in an otherwise inactive AI visibility landscape.
Is there any brand in this category that is both visible and cited by Google AI Mode?
No. Solargain is the only visible brand but carries a 0.0% citation rate, so named presence and cited authority are completely separated across all 20 tracked brands.
Which engine is driving all AI visibility data in this category?
All visibility and citation data in this audit is attributed to Google AI Mode. No other engine contributes to the scores recorded for any brand in the category.