Amber for Batteries
Our battery optimisation software + wholesale pricing model explained
Introduction to SmartShift & VPPs
- SmartShift as a Virtual Power Plant (VPP) and understanding VPP mode
- How does SmartShift work?
- What is Amber for Batteries?
- What is SmartShift?
- I have a household battery, how does Amber work?
- See what it's like to be a SmartShift user
Eligibility & Compatibility
- What does 'beta' mean for SmartShift compatibility?
- AC coupling vs. DC coupling: What it means for SmartShift
- What is a (solar or battery) consumption meter?
- Which batteries are compatible with SmartShift?
- What battery and solar brands will be compatible with SmartShift in future?
- Third party battery and solar automations
Device Setup & Enrolment Guides
- Enrolling your Anker system with Amber
- Enrolling your 1KOMMA5° system with Amber
- How to set the 'Minimum Reserve Level' with different manufacturers
- Enrolling your FoxESS system with Amber
- Enrolling your Sungrow system with Amber
- Enrolling your Sigenergy system to Amber for Batteries
SmartShift Features & Automation Logic
- Explaining common SmartShift behaviour questions
- What you need to know in your first weeks with Amber's SmartShift automation
- Understanding your SmartShift Automation Explainers
- How Amber for Batteries optimises your battery to take negative pricing into consideration
- Advanced Price Forecasting
- How much of my battery energy can Amber access?
Solar Curtailment
- Understanding your solar curtailment status
- SA Power Network flexible export limit and how it affects SmartShift curtailment
- What to do when solar curtailment isn't working
- Solar curtailment to maximise feed-in earnings
- Load following curtailment - who it applies to and how it works
- 'On/off' solar curtailment - who it applies to and how it works
Pricing, Rebates & Tariffs
- How to save an email as a PDF
- How do demand tariffs work with a battery?
- New Essential Energy Tariff - Bonus Feed-in Tariff for those in the Essential Network
- Cash rebate for South Australian SmartShift customers (SA REPS)
- How to maximise solar usage and minimise exposure to negative feed-in tariffs (FiT) with Amber
- Managing times when wholesale FiT turns negative
Troubleshooting & System Maintenance
- Device troubleshooting: Where to Begin and is SmartShift Causing the Issue?
- What happens to your solar or battery systems during extreme weather conditions
- How to check battery settings that may affect automatic control
- Log an issue - A new way to contact us
- What do I need to do if I had my battery or inverter replaced?
- How does the Amber battery/electric vehicle automation affect my supply during a power outage?