May 6, 2026
“I Needed a Company I Could Trust — and That Could Speak Farmer”
Simon Smith of FB Smith & Sons hadn’t been able to find a Solar company that could help him to improve his electricity supply security and bring costs down. He summed up the problem, that every farmer in WA knows, in a single line:
“I needed a company that knew what they were doing and could speak farmer. Solar Suite does that.”
Simon and his brother farm 40 kilometres outside Geraldton, where mains power is unreliable, and the bills keep climbing. Like a lot of WA producers, he’d been weighing up solar for years before finding Solar Suite, a company that could “speak farmer” and knew what they were doing. With his permission, we’re sharing his story.
The problem on the land
“We don’t have enough Amps and would love to have reliable 3 phase power, rather than dual phase. Instead, we are plagued by constant power outages and enormous power bills, with the prospect of both getting worse. We have had an interest in solar for many years, but have been unable to find a suitable, trustworthy and competitively priced provider.”
It’s a familiar story. Off-grid is a serious investment, and trust matters more than glossy brochures when you’re putting a system on a working farm.
Why it fit
PowerMuster came out of a simple combination: years of commercial solar projects across Western Australia, a set of proven commercial-grade components we already trust on large projects, and enough time spent on WA farms to understand what country properties actually need — and what their owners are perfectly capable of building themselves.
That last part mattered to Simon:
“Solar Suite also recognised that I can offset costs by building the ground mount solar frames myself, no different to fencing/shed building.”
It’s the same shared-build approach that already shapes most farms — Solar Suite handles the licensed work, the farmer does what they’re already good at, and the cost comes down accordingly.
Delivered as promised
“Solar Suite have delivered everything promised, and have been responsive to my every need. I can recommend them as good people to do business with. I would not hesitate to use their services again.”
“If you are considering going solar, you need to at least have a look at their PowerMuster packages — I believe they will pleasantly surprise anyone who does.”
— Simon Smith, F.B Smith & Sons, Geraldton
Talk to us
If outages and rising bills are wearing thin for you, Cameron Rogers is happy to walk you through what a PowerMuster might look like for your operation.
Phone Cameron on 0492 159 125, email powermuster@solarsuite.com.au, or visit www.solarsuite.com.au.