Formbay Solar | About us

Our mission

To accelerate the electrification of Australian homes and businesses by delivering the digital infrastructure that makes it simple, secure, and scalable. We support installers, retailers, enterprises, and government with the tools to plan, manage, and verify clean energy jobs — ensuring every install is valid, compliant, traceable, and paid faster.

Our story

Formbay began by digitising STC submissions — replacing paperwork with a smarter, faster way to process solar installs.

Today, we’re the leading platform for clean energy job validation and compliance in Australia, powering large-scale electrification across solar, batteries, air conditioning, and beyond.

Our ISO 27001-accredited, AI-enabled platform supports field installers, portfolio managers, manufacturers, and government — providing real-time validation, audit readiness, and full product traceability.

#1 App

In Solar
and Battery
8,000+

Active
Customers
#1 Platform

for Enterprise
and Government
11.5k+

Products
Validated

A brief history

Formbay founder Dan Sullivan, developed his tech and web design craft at Telstra and CBA before leading technology in the pioneering stages of carbon trading — and ultimately building Australia’s leading clean energy compliance platform.

Founded in 2010 in Sydney, Australia.

Formbay started as a digital platform for the solar industry, enabling solar installers/aggregators to submit solar paperwork digitally direct from their worksite to Government agency, the Clean Energy Regulator (CER).

2010
Launch of Formbay to the Australian solar industry. Providing the first STC compliance focused field app for solar installers, allowing them to scan serials, take photos and capture electronic signatures

2011
Partnership with TVS

Processes over 260k STC

Hit 12 million STCs processed

Surpasses 1800 account holders

Formbay 2 goes into beta trial with selected clients

2012
Formbay 2.0 comes out of beta mode and is being integrated with API to existing Formbay solar clients. Victorian grid connection forms and QLD electrical certificate made into electronic forms

2013
Updated App with reliable data capture improvements. Released Remote signing request for Formbay solar clients. JSA, customer acknowledgement form digitised

2014
Released Remote signing request for Formbay installers on the app. SWSMs, risk assessment, warranty, finance (certegy) digitised for Formbay solar clients.

2015
Improved compliance process that improved processing times and minimises fraud risks. New pricing/timeframe tiers. Upgrade Formbay security to make data at rest and in motion secure.

2016
June - Australia Business Awards for best ‘business technology’ and best example of contuious ‘process improvement’ Upgraded Formbay infrastructure for better and reliable service.
May - Gained ISO 9001 certification.
Started designing and developing SPV.
SPV pilot – September – uploaded first DATA PACK.

2017
Commenced work on machine learning and artificial intelligence
Formbay passes a full security penetration testing facilitated by an external service.
Further upgrades made to further secure data at rest and data in motion invited to DER by AEMO to help developing Australia's distributed energy register,
Successful launch of our Solar Panel Validation service for manufacturers, and our clients.

2018
Launch new Formbay Solar website

2019
Gained ISO 27001 Accreditation for Information Security

2020
SPA Launch

2021

We are now aiming to bring its technology to the worldwide solar industry and also for other industry segments to improve efficiencies and lower costs.

Our people

We are a team of diverse, development-driven, and customer-focused individuals who work together to bring ideas to reality. Since our inception, we have grown from a team of five people to 51, with offices in Australia, India, and Europe