Solar installers in Sydney: AI search visibility ranking (2026)
How AI search engines rank solar installers in sydney 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 Sydney 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
Solahart and Smart Energy Answers share the top two positions in the Sydney solar installer category, each recording a visibility score of 12.5% and a composite score of 8.8. Both brands entered the AI visibility landscape from a baseline of zero, making their gains the only meaningful movement in this audit period. Every other tracked brand, including large retailers such as Origin Energy and AGL, sits at 0.0% visibility and a composite score of 0.0. The gap between the top two and the remaining 18 brands is therefore absolute, not marginal.
Despite holding the top visibility scores, neither Solahart nor Smart Energy Answers records any citation percentage. The category average citation rate is also 0.0% across all 20 brands. This means AI Mode is surfacing these two brands in responses without anchoring to their own domains as cited sources. Visibility and citation are completely decoupled here, which is an unusual pattern and suggests Google AI Mode is drawing on third-party references rather than the brands' own web properties when constructing answers.
The top cited sources in this category are google.com, youtube.com, facebook.com, solarquotes.com.au, solarchoice.net.au, reddit.com, probec.com.au, and choice.com.au. The prominence of comparison and review platforms such as SolarQuotes and SolarChoice, alongside community sources like Reddit, indicates that Google AI Mode is anchoring heavily on aggregator and editorial content rather than brand-owned pages. Brands with strong presence on these third-party platforms are more likely to benefit from indirect AI visibility than those relying solely on their own domain authority.
Movers & shakers since last refresh
Biggest visibility risers
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Solahart 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #1+12pp
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Smart Energy Answers 0% → 12% · rank #0 → #2+12pp
The ranking
| # | Brand | Visibility | Citation | Top engine |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
solahart.com.au
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Solahart leads the category with 12.5% visibility and a composite score of 8.8, rising from zero in the previous period, yet records 0.0% citation like all peers. |
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| 2 |
smartenergyanswers.com.au
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12% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Smart Energy Answers matches Solahart exactly at 12.5% visibility and 8.8 composite score, also rising from zero, making these two brands the only active performers in the dataset. |
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| 3 |
originenergy.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Origin Energy sits at rank 3 but records 0.0% visibility and a 0.0 composite score, placing it statistically identical to 17 other brands despite its broader market profile. |
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| 4 |
agl.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
AGL holds rank 4 with 0.0% visibility and 0.0 composite score, showing no AI Mode presence in this category despite being a nationally recognised energy retailer. |
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| 5 |
sunboost.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
Sunboost ranks 5th but shares identical scores of 0.0% visibility and 0.0 composite with all brands from rank 3 downward, offering no differentiation in AI Mode responses. |
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| 6 |
solaray.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 7 |
solargain.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 8 |
shinehub.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 9 |
nectr.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 10 |
infiniteenergy.com.au
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0% | 0% | Google AI Mode |
| 11 |
arisesolar.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 sydney, 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 sydney AI visibility
Who leads AI visibility among Sydney solar installers?
Solahart and Smart Energy Answers share the top position, each with 12.5% visibility and a composite score of 8.8. Every other brand in the 20-brand dataset sits at 0.0% visibility.
Why do the top brands have high visibility but zero citation?
Both Solahart and Smart Energy Answers record 0.0% citation despite 12.5% visibility, indicating Google AI Mode mentions them in responses but does not link to their own domains as sources.
What sources does Google AI Mode anchor on for Sydney solar installer queries?
The top cited sources include solarquotes.com.au, solarchoice.net.au, choice.com.au, reddit.com, and social platforms such as youtube.com and facebook.com, all of which are third-party rather than brand-owned.
How does the category average visibility compare to the top performers?
The category average visibility is 1.2%, while the two leading brands each sit at 12.5%, meaning the top brands are running at more than ten times the category average.
Are any major energy retailers visible in Google AI Mode for this category?
No. Origin Energy and AGL both record 0.0% visibility and 0.0 composite scores in this audit, despite ranking third and fourth by brand order in the dataset.
Which brands showed the biggest movement in AI visibility during this audit period?
Solahart and Smart Energy Answers are the only brands listed as visibility risers, both moving from 0.0% to 12.5% visibility, with no brands recorded as fallers in this period.