ABOUT US
OFFGRID NOW® is not a rooftop solar company that recently started selling batteries. We are a pure-play, solar off-grid specialist, and we have been successfully transitioning Australian’s to off grid living for almost a decade.
We design, manufacture and supply an off-grid inverter and battery power system from our Coolum Beach, QLD premises for Tiny House, residential, rural and commercial applications. Designed by Mark Leckenby, professional Electrical Engineer and keen innovator with a storied history in the Australian solar space, the OFFGRID NOW® Piccolo, Excelso, Daily Grind, Robusta and Forza power cabinets are Australian Made certified, stand-alone, plug-and-play solutions for solar powered, off grid living.
In 2026, Brodie and Mykahla Blaine of Elect Solar Services joined us in our facility in Coolum Beach, QLD. Brodie is a Master Electrician and SAA-accredited solar and battery installer, and the team at Elect Solar Services are the first member of the OFFGRID NOW® Preferred Installer Network, installing solar and OFFGRID NOW® power cabinets in the South-East Queensland region. The two companies are work closely together, developing the systems and procedures to scale-up the manufacturing of the OFFGRID NOW® power cabinets and Preferred Installer Network into all regions of the Australian East Coast.
The Future Looks Bright.
OUR TEAM
MARK LECKENBY
Mark has been an Electrical Engineer for over 40 years, is a member of the Registered Professional Engineers Queensland, and has been a keen innovator in the solar energy industry since 2008. In 2016, Mark and his wife Andrea purchased a 170-acre block in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland without a house, utilities or water, so Mark set about designing an off-grid power solution for the family home.
Through the process of getting the family home off-grid, Mark could see there was a technology cross-over coming where it would become possible for the average Australian household rooftop to support a stand-alone energy system that was cheaper and more reliably than grid power, and free of tariff manipulation.
OFFGRID NOW® was created with the vision of connecting with the off-grid community, providing 24/7 reliable power sourced from the abundant Aussie sunshine, and packaged together to protect the equipment in the harsh environments across Australia.
Founder/Electrical Engineer
BRODIE BLAIN
Brodie brings a decade of experience as a qualified Master Electrician and solar installer, servicing homes and businesses across the Sunshine Coast and South East Queensland. He’s SAA accredited for both grid-connected and off-grid systems and has strong technical expertise across residential solar projects.
Since joining the OFFGRID NOW® team in 2025, Brodie has led our installs with a focus on quality workmanship and attention to detail. Alongside his wife, Mykahla, who manages the administrative side of the business, they make a local husband-and-wife team dedicated to providing reliable off-grid solar solutions to the Sunshine Coast community.
Master Electrician
NIGEL ARNISON
Production Manager/Trade Specialist
If you have an OFFGRID NOW® power cabinet, the chances are that Nigel either built or supervised the assembly of your system. Meticulous in his attention to quality and detail, Nigel works tirelessly in the production side of the business to ensure that the OFFGRID NOW® power cabinets are built to the high quality standards our customers expect.
Nigel has been assembling off-grid solar systems for over 8 years, and joined the OFFGRID NOW® team in 2021. A DEYE inverter specialist, generator technician and passionate off-gridder, Nigel has lived and breathed off-grid living on his family homestead in the Sunshine Coast Hinterland for over a decade and supports our customers with service and a smile, often going well out of his way to provide technical support and assistance.
BRAD VANDERS
Brad began his career in Call Centre Customer Service with the Public Service, before transitioning to the private sector in project management, business development, marketing and sales in the landscape construction trade, and then off-grid solar.
A problem solver and systems builder, Brad joined OFFGRID NOW® in 2024, developing the internal back office technology systems for production and sales, as well as heading up the Sales & Marketing team.
In 2026, Brad and his family relocated to the Port Stephens region of New South Wales to develop the NSW Division for OFFGIRD NOW®.
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