Volt CEO Peter Leeson and I caught up on Teams this afternoon to discuss the progress of the Volt solar tile. You will have read about his revolutionary product on CleanTechnica here and here.

When we last spoke, two years ago, Peter was all set to launch his product on the US market. A lot can happen in two years. One of the catastrophes has been Trump’s re-election. Peter had designed his tile so that Volt integrated with the concrete roof tile of Westlake Royal Roofing, part of NYSE-listed Westlake Corporation. But after T-day, renewables faced too many headwinds: “no one wanted to touch renewables at that time.”

He is now focussed on the Australian market, and the solar distribution business. Interestingly, one of our readers suggested this in the comments to our last article. After the introduction of the Australian government’s Cheaper Home Batteries Program, Peter tells me that many solar companies got involved with selling batteries.

To compete, Volt has pivoted to selling directly to consumers, homeowners, architects, and builders — and providing the whole ecosystem, not just solar tiles but also electric vehicle chargers, heat pumps, and batteries. This has led to increased revenue and the ability to close more projects. Market demand is apparently being driven by batteries.

During 2025, Volt worked hard to reduce manufacturing costs and expand into utility scale projects. Watch this video where Peter explains the opportunity to power regional towns. ” Volt now supplies consumer energy to homeowners through the Volt solar tile and batteries, and provides storage and utility-scale energy to support those homeowners and regional towns, storing energy generated by solar roofs and excess energy exported to the grid.

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