Many of us in the solar industry, along with many solar PV system owners have been long awaiting the day when solar home battery prices will drop sufficiently for them […]
Solar Batteries – Are They Worth It?
Category: Solar Batteries
Q Cells Q.Home ESS HYB-G2: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on Hanwha Q CELLS – Company History Hanwha Q cells Co., Ltd., and “Hanwha Q Cells & Advanced Materials Corp.” were established in 1999 and they are commonly known […]
Solar Battery Costs: Solar Battery Price Index
Solar Choice has previously been publishing average solar PV system prices on a monthly basis since August 2012 in our Solar Panel Price Index, which focused on household solar prices […]
Tesla Powerwall 2: A complete 2023 Buyers Guide
The world-famous Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, announced an entry into the energy storage market in 2015 with the launch of the home battery product, the Tesla Powerwall. Perhaps more famous […]
Soltaro Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on Soltaro – Company history Soltaro is an Australian owned and operated energy storage company with a background in importing and wholesaling various brands of panels and inverters. In […]
Opal Storage Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background On Opal Storage – Company History Solar Juice is an Australian retailer of Solar Photovoltaic panels, converters, parts, and complete solar systems founded by Andrew Burgess. Burgess and his […]
RedEarth Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on RedEarth – Company History RedEarth has built partnerships with world-class inverter and battery manufacturers, ensuring the system design flexibility needed for a genuine ‘solution’ offering to your clients. […]
Hansol AIO Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Overview Of Hansol AOI – Company History Hansol Technics is a Samsung subsidiary that just acquired Samsung’s home power storage business. Hansol seems to have started in the mid-1990s, first […]
Fimer Battery REACT2: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on Fimer – Company History Fimer was established in 1942 with an initial focus on the design and manufacture of welding equipment. No Fimer, headed by Filippo Carzaniga, operate […]
Trinabess Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on Trinabess – Company History Gao Jifan started Trina Solar in 1997. As a solar pioneer, Trina Solar assisted in transforming the solar industry, quickly expanding from one of […]
Solarwatt Batteries: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Overview of Solarwatt – Company History Solarwatt is a German company founded originally in 1993 and is still headquarted in Dresden. The business has expanded over the last 25 years […]
SimpliPhi Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on SimpliPhi Power – Company History SimpliPhi power was founded in 2010 Stuart Lennox and Catherine Von Burg (now CEO) and is headquartered in California, USA. They have […]
GenZ Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on GenZ – Company History GenZ is an Australian battery manufacturer that was founded in 2015 using Lithium Ferro Phosphate (LFP) as their preferred battery chemistry – known for […]
Zenaji Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on Zenaji – Company History Zenaji, founded in 2016, is an Australian-owned company with a specialisation in the development and production of Lithium Titanate (LTO) batteries. Their flagship product, […]
SENEC Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on SENEC – Company History SENEC was formed in Germany in 2009 with a focus on battery energy storage. They furthered development in this field from 2011 for use […]
SolaX Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on SolaX – Company History SolaX Power started out in 2007 by CEO Li Xinfu with their headquarters in Hangzhou, China. They quickly expanded globally thereafter with offices in […]
PowerPlus Energy Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on PowerPlus Energy – Company History PowerPlus Energy was founded by Bradley Paton in August 2017 in Melbourne, Australia with a focus on developing long lasting and reliable battery […]
Varta Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on VARTA – Company History VARTA is a German company that has a long history in the battery market. It was founded in 1887 by Adolph Muller in Hagen, […]
Pylontech Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on Pylontech – Company History Pylon Technologies, Co. Ltd is a Chinese battery manufacturer that was founded in October 2009 and since then they have become one of the […]
Growatt Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on Growatt – Company history Growatt is a Chinese company that is best known for their popular solar inverters, although they have recently ventured into the solar battery market […]
Huawei Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on Huawei – Company history Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. is a Chinese technology company with headquarters in Shenzhen, Guangdong. The company, initially founded in 1987, is most well-known for […]
Tesla Powerwall 2: A complete 2021 Buyers Guide
The world-famous Elon Musk, CEO Tesla, announced an entry to the energy storage market in 2015 with the launch of the home battery product, the Tesla Powerwall. Perhaps more famous […]
LG Chem Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on LG Chem – Company History Established in Korea as Lucky Chemical Co in 1947, the company initially produced cosmetic products. The first product produced by Lucky Chemical Co […]
Sonnen Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Background on Sonnen – Company History Founded by Christoph Ostermann and Torsten Stiefenhofer during 2010 in the German village Wildpoldsried. The intelligent energy storage system producer sonnen has the goal […]
Sungrow Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Inverter manufacturer Sungrow has recently introduced its PowCube battery storage system into the Australian market. The PowCube system consists of a Sungrow SH5K Hybrid inverter and up to 3x SPB4K8 […]
RedFlow Battery: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
RedFlow’s ZCell battery is currently one of the most talked-about battery storage products on the Australian market. Slated to be available in Australia in the very near future, the battery […]
Redback Hybrid Battery Inverter System: An Independent Review by Solar Choice
Redback Technologies is an Australian energy technology start up aiming to change the way that households consume electricity. The company’s Smart Hybrid System allows households to store energy generated by […]
