{"id":25800,"date":"2018-11-15T05:49:32","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T19:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=25800"},"modified":"2018-12-05T17:00:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-05T06:30:24","slug":"alpha-ess-battery-subsidy-mb0825","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/alpha-ess-battery-subsidy-mb0825\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha-ESS To Manufacture Solar Battery Systems In Adelaide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25801\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/alpha-ess-battery.png\" alt=\"Alpha ESS batteries - SA Home Battery Scheme\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/alpha-ess-battery.png 800w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/alpha-ess-battery-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/alpha-ess-battery-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sonnen is no longer the only game in town for heavily subsidised energy storage in South Australia, with an announcement yesterday Alpha-ESS had joined the Home Battery Scheme.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>SA&#8217;s Home Battery Scheme began <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sa-battery-subsidy-update\/\">accepting subsidy applications<\/a> on October 29. Battery systems that are or will be manufactured\/assembled in the state have been given a head-start for the subsidy, which is up to $6,000 per instance. Battery systems from other manufacturers won&#8217;t get a look-in until the beginning of next year.<\/p>\n<p>Up until yesterday, there was only one choice of battery manufacturer during the initial nine weeks; Germany&#8217;s Sonnen, which is establishing an assembly plant at the former GM Holden manufacturing site in Elizabeth. Sonnen recently released subsidy-inclusive prices for its battery systems in South Australia purchased direct from the company &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/sonnen-battery-prices-sa\/\">they aren&#8217;t cheap<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sonnen now has some initial competition in the form of Alpha-ESS. The company claims 10,000 of its battery systems have been installed in more than 30 countries around the world, including thousands in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Nantong City, China, Alpha-ESS also has offices in Italy, Germany and Australia.<\/p>\n<p>The company will initially assemble systems in SA in partnership with <a href=\"https:\/\/mindainc.com.au\/pages\/commercial-enterprises\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minda Commercial Enterprises<\/a>, which is South Australia&#8217;s largest non-government disability support organisation.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis will provide ongoing work opportunities for South Australians with disability,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.medianet.com.au\/releases\/169832\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> Alpha-ESS Managing Director Dr Dong Lin. \u201cThis is a perfect fit with our commitment to world\u2019s best social and environmental outcomes.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Alpha-ESS will also be making use of Minda Commercial Enterprises&#8217; warehousing, logistics and dispatch services, plus Minda will handle recycling of packaging and electronics\/batteries once they reach the end of their service life.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha-ESS will later move to a dedicated facility and plans to manufacture more than 8,000 systems per year in Adelaide by 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Only one Alpha-ESS model is currently listed on SolarQuotes&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/comparison-table\/\">solar battery comparison table<\/a>; the ECO S5. It features just under 13kWh of usable capacity and we note an estimated price of $12,375; although this figure may be out of date. It doesn&#8217;t appear that particular system will be available under the SA Home Battery Scheme; instead other models from the company&#8217;s all-in-one <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alpha-ess.com\/Web\/SA_home_battery_scheme.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Storion range<\/a> will be offered.<\/p>\n<p>Alpha-ESS says it has batteries available for immediate installation in South Australia.<\/p>\n<p>I spotted SQ&#8217;s Ronald poring over related documents yesterday; so stay tuned for an in-depth review on Alpha-ESS home batteries here on SolarQuotes soon(ish).<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\n<strong>UPDATE December 5:<\/strong> Ronald has published his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/alpha-ess-battery-review\/\">Alpha ESS battery review<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8212;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sonnen is no longer the only game in town for heavily subsidised energy storage in South Australia, with an announcement yesterday Alpha-ESS had joined the Home Battery Scheme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":25801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-solar-battery-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alpha-ESS To Manufacture Solar Battery Systems In Adelaide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sonnen is no longer the only game in town for heavily subsidised batteries in South Australia - Alpha-ESS joined the Home Battery Scheme yesterday.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/alpha-ess-battery-subsidy-mb0825\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alpha-ESS To Manufacture Solar Battery Systems In Adelaide\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sonnen is no longer the only game in town for heavily subsidised batteries in South Australia - Alpha-ESS joined the Home Battery Scheme yesterday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/alpha-ess-battery-subsidy-mb0825\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolarQuotes Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SolarQuotes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-14T19:19:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-12-05T06:30:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/alpha-ess-battery.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Bloch\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@solar_quotes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/alpha-ess-battery-subsidy-mb0825\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/alpha-ess-battery-subsidy-mb0825\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Bloch\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/66afd571aa00c2e442f0192ebac2f6f1\"},\"headline\":\"Alpha-ESS To Manufacture Solar Battery Systems In Adelaide\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-11-14T19:19:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-12-05T06:30:24+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/alpha-ess-battery-subsidy-mb0825\/\"},\"wordCount\":424,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/alpha-ess-battery-subsidy-mb0825\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/alpha-ess-battery.png\",\"articleSection\":[\"General Solar &amp; 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