{"id":25537,"date":"2018-11-09T11:31:26","date_gmt":"2018-11-09T01:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=25537"},"modified":"2018-11-09T11:31:26","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T01:01:26","slug":"sonnen-battery-prices-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sonnen-battery-prices-sa\/","title":{"rendered":"Punters Surprised: Prices Publicised Show Batteries Subsidised Cost More Than Surmised"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prices Sonnen Has Published Show Their SA Subsidised Batteries Of Any Size Ain’t Cheap!<\/p><\/div>\n

In what could have been good news, Sonnen’s Australian website now gives prices for home battery systems bought directly from them after the South Australian battery subsidy is applied.\u00a0 Unfortunately, they are not cheap and range from $9,375 for a 6 kilowatt-hour battery to $15,175 for 14 kilowatt-hours.<\/p>\n

This graphic from their site shows prices for systems ranging from 6 to 14 kilowatt-hours:<\/p>\n

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At these prices it’s essentially impossible for the battery systems to pay for themselves.\u00a0 The good news is you can shop around and get a better deal from one of Sonnen’s partners.\u00a0 It appears you have to pay a premium to buy direct from Sonnen.<\/p>\n

The Type Of Sonnen Battery Is Unclear<\/h2>\n

The batteries are called “sonnenInklusiv”.\u00a0 Using my translation program I see the word “inklusiv” in German means “LANGUAGE NOT RECOGNIZED”, which is an interesting choice to call a battery. But I like it.\u00a0 To me it says, “Our batteries don’t care what language you speak.\u00a0 They just work.”\u00a0 Also, “inklusiv” sort of sounds like the English word “inclusive” so it’s easy to remember.<\/p>\n

The sonnenInklusiv batteries increase in capacity in two kilowatt-hour steps.\u00a0 This means they use 2 kilowatt-hour battery modules like Sonnen’s 8th generation and earlier systems.\u00a0 But Sonnen’s 9th generation batteries<\/a> use 2.5 kilowatt-hour battery modules.\u00a0 This means I’m not certain what generation they are and I don’t know if they are going to stick with 2 kilowatt-hour modules or change to 2.5.<\/p>\n

Just to make things a little more confusing, Sonnen’s Australian site used to say their systems increased in 2 kilowatt-hour steps, but at some point in the recent past they changed it to 2.5 kilowatt-hours.<\/p>\n

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From Sonnen’s Australian website.<\/p><\/div>\n

Currently it appears that both types can be obtained from Sonnen’s partners.<\/p>\n

Includes Installation?<\/h2>\n

The Sonnen battery prices should definitely include installation.\u00a0 Surely they would have to?\u00a0 Given the prices they are charging after subsidy I find it inconceivable there could be an additional charge for installation.<\/p>\n