Australia
Quietly delivering, across Australia.
Hi, I’m Peter Chang. I’m in the energy space, with all things solar and storage, mainly in the commercial space and the construction industry. We have delivered more than 600 commercial solar projects across Australia, and free solar for 15 orphanages in Vietnam and Cambodia. That record is why you can trust us with the next one.
Co-Founder and Director, Little Sunshine Pledge
CEO, Solar Connected and Construct Solar
Delivered
600+ commercial projects, delivered across Australia.
I’m all about delivering. These are completed commercial solar installs from our own job records since 2015, from a 10 kW workshop roof to the 720 kW Mount Gambier Recreation Hub, across South Australia, Queensland, Victoria, New South Wales and the Northern Territory. Staged builds are counted separately. Zoom in to explore them, and hover a dot for its size and date.
Recognition
What others have said and published.
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Oct 2026
Channel 9, Global Energy Revolution
The Little Sunshine Pledge install at Sunrise Cambodia, an orphanage with more than 60 children living there and 300 more studying every day, featured on national television.
Watch the episode
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Jul 2026
Smart Energy Council and RECAP delegation
An Australian energy delegation to Vietnam visited a Little Sunshine Pledge install and thanked Krystian Wielgosz and me.
Read RECAP’s post
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Oct 2025
GoodWe GoodWill Award
Presented to Krystian Wielgosz and me for Little Sunshine Pledge at All-Energy Australia in Melbourne.
Read GoodWe’s article
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2024 and 2025
Solar Nerds installer rankings
Solar Connected: top 5 national medium-commercial (40 to 100 kW) installer in both years, and number 1 in Queensland in 2024.
2025 report · 2024 report
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Jun 2023
Wulanda Recreation and Convention Centre
ABC News reported that the centre’s solar panels had saved about $92,000 in power so far that year. Our 720 kW system is on its roof.
Read the ABC article
Business
Two solar companies, built on delivery.
Commercial
Solar Connected
Commercial solar for businesses across Australia, including power purchase agreements with no upfront cost. A national top 5 medium-commercial installer in the Solar Nerds rankings for 2024 and 2025, and number 1 in Queensland in 2024. Among our projects, a 720 kW system at the Wulanda Recreation and Convention Centre in Mount Gambier.
Homes
Construct Solar
Solar for new homes, installed alongside South Australian builders so systems go on at the right stage and are handed over clean. Founded in 2012.
Giving is not owned by one company. Any solar business can do this: put a share of every power purchase agreement towards it, donate equipment, or sponsor a system. If you work in solar and want to be part of it, get in touch. I am happy to promote any energy company that gets involved.
How I work
Teamwork is the mantra.
I don’t believe in one person doing everything. I believe in building the right team, and then building the systems and processes that let that team deliver the same quality every time, on every site.
That is how we install across Australia for businesses and builders, and how the same team can also take on a project like Little Sunshine Pledge. When the system works, the people are free to do their best work.
I back the right people, with the right skills and my full trust, to work on their own and make the key decisions without me.Peter Chang
The number I think about
A bowl of rice, every two minutes.
The solar systems we donate keep saving the orphanages money on power, year after year, without anyone lifting a finger. Turned into food, those savings come to about one bowl of rice every two minutes, day and night.
Today
The goal
Two seconds is 60 times faster than today. At the size of our systems, that is roughly 900 of them, quietly working for children who aren’t born yet.
That is the legacy I want. Our time on this earth as individuals isn’t long, but that doesn’t mean we can’t create lasting impact for others well beyond it.
How we count it
Each solar system we donate saves an orphanage roughly the cost of 1,500 kg of rice a year, the figure we publish on the Little Sunshine Pledge website. With 15 systems generating today, that is about 22,500 kg a year. At 60 to 100 grams of dry rice a bowl, that works out at one bowl every 1.4 to 2.3 minutes, so I round it to two. It is an equivalence for the savings, not rice we ship. The goal of one bowl every 2 seconds is the same sum, 60 times over.
Little Sunshine Pledge
Free solar for orphanages.
I co-founded Little Sunshine Pledge to put free solar on the roofs of orphanages and children’s centres in Vietnam and Cambodia. The power bill they no longer pay becomes money for food, school, medicine and the small things that make a childhood.
One orphanage used its savings to bring in a dentist to check every child’s teeth. A solar system keeps doing that for 25 to 40 years.
These are full orphanages, some with 50 rooms or more, and many have been running for decades. Our systems look small next to Australian ones. Getting one onto a roof there is a commercial-sized job. On one roof we built a steel frame first, then carried every panel up four floors by hand. What counts is what each system saves an orphanage, year after year.
It is a registered Australian charity, and donations are tax deductible. GoodWe, Clenergy and Yingli Solar donate the equipment, and I put a share of every power purchase agreement Solar Connected installs towards the work. Every dollar the systems save stays with the orphanage, and we ask for nothing back. I would love more solar companies to do the same.
Donate or sponsor a system at littlesunshinepledge.org.
Photos: Little Sunshine Pledge
Every dollar goes back to the children.Peter Chang, Energy Matters interview, July 2026
The next 15 years
A charity that sells solar, so the giving never runs out.
Where this goes next is a full charity machine: a solar retail business across South East Asia and then the rest of Asia, owned by the mission. Every dollar of profit goes to two things, employing local people and installing more orphanages.
To fund that for the next 15 years, I’m looking for the right partner to install power purchase agreements with us, so the work is paid for year after year.
The target is 25 to 50 orphanages a year. Over 15 years that is 375 to 750 more, close to the 800 to 900 systems it takes to reach one bowl of rice every two seconds.
Our time is short. A machine built like this keeps going long after we have stopped.
Balance
Business and giving, side by side.
I have been in business since I was 19, and I like to get from A to Z as fast as I can with nothing wasted on the way. When I looked at charities, I kept learning that only 30 or 40 cents of each dollar reached the people it was meant for.
I wanted a model where every dollar goes back. So I built the giving into the businesses I lead, as one example of how it can work. Solar suits it, because the saving repeats every year for decades, from one generation to the next.
Time is the one thing none of us can add to. I try to spend mine on things that keep working when I am not there.
This is not about competition. If solar companies are going to compete, let them compete to help children and disadvantaged communities. I would gladly lose that race if it meant more people got the help they need.Peter Chang
Partner with us
It takes more than one person to change millions of lives.
I’m keen to work with new partners. If you own a business and want to be part of this, come to Vietnam with us, see an install for yourself, and donate a solar system with your plaque on it. We would be thrilled to welcome you.
Every system we add keeps saving an orphanage money for 25 to 40 years. A partner who joins today is part of that for the whole time.
Already have a business and want to talk about how it could fit? Message me and we will work out the right way for you to be involved, whether that is a system, a partnership or a visit.
Contact
If your business wants to be part of it, message me.
A coffee is all it takes to start. Sponsors, partners, media and fellow business owners are all welcome.
Email: peter@littlesunshinepledge.org
Media: see the press page for a short bio, key facts and photos.