Battery Reviews

Alpha ESS is a Chinese company that produces residential and commercial battery storage systems. The SMILE series includes integrated inverters with 10-year warranties.

BYD is a Chinese electric vehicle and battery manufacturer. The company produces modular Battery-Box systems for residential solar storage with 10-year warranties.

Enphase produces IQ Battery systems designed to work with Enphase microinverters. The batteries are modular and come with 15-year warranties.

Lavo is an Australian clean energy company founded in 2020 in Sydney, NSW. The company develops integrated battery storage systems using lithium iron phosphate (LFP) chemistry. The Lavo S2 AIO is an all-in-one residential battery with a built-in hybrid inverter, designed for simple single-box installation.

Neovolt is a battery storage brand supplying LFP (lithium iron phosphate) home batteries to the Australian market, distributed locally by VoltX Energy under a manufacturing partnership with Suzhou-based Bytewatt. Its modular low-voltage batteries pair with common hybrid inverters and can be stacked to increase capacity, making them a popular value option for residential storage.

PowerBay is an Australian energy storage brand offering stackable LiFePO4 home batteries built on Solplanet (AISWEI) hardware, sold through retail channels including Bunnings. Their single phase systems stack ASW5120-LB-G3 5.12kWh modules, while three phase homes use the Ai-HB series, with configurations from 5kWh to 50kWh. On the CEC approved battery list, PowerBay hardware is certified under the Solplanet brand name.

Redback Technologies is an Australian company that produces integrated hybrid inverter-battery systems. The Smart Hybrid units include both inverter and battery with 10-year warranties.

Sungrow produces battery storage systems designed to work with Sungrow hybrid inverters. The SBR series is modular with 10-year warranties.

Tesla is an American electric vehicle and energy company that produces the Powerwall home battery system. The Powerwall includes an integrated inverter with 10-year warranty.

XESS Energy is an Australian battery manufacturer based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 2022 by Craig Hunter and Peter Watkinson, XESS produces modular LiFePO4 battery storage systems and hybrid inverters designed for residential, commercial, and off-grid applications. Manufacturing and design is supported by Australian Energy Research Laboratories (AERL), which has been operating since 1985.