When it comes to taking advantage of Amber for Batteries’ battery optimisation and wholesale pricing, ensuring your battery and/or inverter are compatible is key to taking full advantage of what's on offer.
Amber's SmartShift Compatibility Checker should be your first stop when looking to check if an existing or intended battery purchase is compatible with Amber.
Batteries that are compatible with Amber’s SmartShift technology include:
- Sigenergy batteries and inverters with a “Sigen Sensor” or “Sigen Gateway”
- Tesla Powerwall 2 & 3* - Please check the Compatibility Checker for more specifics on Powerwall 3 compatibility
- SolarEdge batteries with a SolarEdge inverter/s*
- LG Chem with SolarEdge inverter/s
- AlphaESS (inverter serial numbers starting with AL - please note, we're not compatible with serial numbers beginning with ALPxxx or 9xxx)
- Hive (same considerations apply as above - the Hive battery is a re-branded AlphaESS)
- REA POWER (same considerations apply as above - the REA POWERBANK is a re-branded AlphaESS)
- BYD HVM or HVS series battery, with a Fronius Primo or Symo GEN24 series inverter (please see this FAQ for a breakdown of compatible setups)
- Sungrow (please see this FAQ for a breakdown of compatible setups)
- FoxESS batteries (please see this FAQ for a breakdown of compatible setups)
- 1KOMMA5° batteries (please see this FAQ for a breakdown of compatible setups)
- Redback batteries
- Neovolt batteries
- Enphase batteries with an IQ 7 or IQ 8 inverter
- GivEnergy inverters
- Anker Solix batteries
*Please note: For customers based in Victoria or South Australia, outstanding compliance processes with the Victorian Emergency Backstop and SA Flexible Exports programs may delay your enrolment to SmartShift. Read more about the Emergency Backstop program here and the Flexible Exports program here.
If you have a solar inverter of one of the brands above, but no battery, you could be eligible to enrol your system for solar-only control, where we make sure you don't export to the grid when the export price is negative. Find out more about solar curtailment here.
If your battery is another brand, you may be able to join Amber and be automated via one of our third party automations. Learn more about third party battery and solar automations here.
What if my system isn't compatible yet?
If you do not have any of these batteries, it may be the case that your battery is going to become eligible shortly. If you are already an Amber customer, the onboarding registration includes the ability to input your system brand and we will keep this on file so we can reach out once your system is eligible.
If you are not currently an Amber customer, join our waitlist and we can reach out to let you know when your battery becomes compatible with SmartShift: Join Waitlist.
You can also keep an eye on this support page to see the brands that we're currently integrating with SmartShift: What battery and solar brands will be compatible with SmartShift in future?
In the meantime, we do find that solar and battery customers in general tend to do better with Amber’s wholesale pricing, regardless of automation. This is because having a battery to store your solar means that you have the ability to primarily draw energy from the grid at off-peak times, such as early morning or later evening.
This tends to be when wholesale rates are lower than retail usage rates. As a result, solar and battery owners tend to benefit from a lower average usage rate than they would typically get with a retail energy plan.
At times when wholesale prices rise, for example between 6pm-8pm when energy demand peaks, you can rely on your stored battery energy.
To understand more about how much you could save with Amber based on your energy set-up, visit our pricing page and tell us a little more about your system. Alternately, if you don't currently own a battery and would like to know more, head to our solar and battery packages page to be put in touch with an expert who'll be able to assist you with recommendations.
Comments
Can you please make sure the references to sunglow batteries are consistent throughout your website?
Your main amber for batteries page says sungrow are coming soon, and then both this page and the one below has a different list
https://help.amber.com.au/hc/en-us/articles/14943579595405-Enrolling-your-Sungrow-Battery
Yes, I admit it's all a bit confusing I like what I am seeing, but they need to remove and update I have a Hybrid inverter looking at purchasing a battery but...
I am a little confused, why are you talking about batteries? Isn't your communication with the inverter? I can understand if it is an all-in-one ac coupled battery but typically a battery is a passive device with a BMS sure, but it is controlled by a hybrid inverter or am I totally confused?
Would love to see Enphase batteries on this list
Would also love to see Sonnen on the list.
Another vote for sonnen
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