{"id":81719,"date":"2024-02-22T08:20:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T22:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=81719"},"modified":"2024-10-01T10:45:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T01:15:56","slug":"powerwall-3-australia-latest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/powerwall-3-australia-latest\/","title":{"rendered":"Powerwall 3: What To Expect When It Arrives In Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image: Tesla (possum added). Note: This Powerwall 3 install would not be compliant in Australia. Too close to the windows and requires a fire-rated backsheet because it backs on to a habitable room.<\/p><\/div>\n

Update:<\/strong> 16 August 2024 –Tesla Australia have launched the Powerwall 3 – read all about the launch here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Price:<\/strong> $13,600 including Gateway (Battery: $11,900, Gateway $1,700)<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s $1,500 more than the PW2, but you are getting an integrated hybrid solar inverter configurable as either 5kW or 10kW. Separately that would cost at least $2,000.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Australian version is confirmed to have 3 MPPTs (not 6 like the US version).<\/em><\/p>\n

Tesla says the Powerwall 3 will not be compatible with Powerwall 2 installations.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Last week, Tesla officially put the Powerwall 3 up for sale on its US website, and released some previously unknown details about the much anticipated home battery.<\/p>\n

Here’s what we know so far about the Powerwall 3 and what we can expect when it goes on sale in Australia – hopefully in the second half of 2024.<\/p>\n

Powerwall 3 Price<\/h2>\n

To be clear: Tesla have not announced Australian pricing yet. But the Tesla US website lists the Powerwall 3<\/a> hardware at the same price as the Powerwall 2 was selling for.<\/p>\n

This suggests the Powerwall 3’s Australian price could be the same as the PW2’s Australian Price: AU$10,400 (not including installation or Gateway).<\/p>\n

Built-in Solar Inverter<\/h2>\n

Readers may be disappointed that the Powerwall price has not dropped with V3, but in fairness to Tesla, the new Powerwall comes with an inbuilt 10 kW solar inverter:<\/p>\n

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  • with 3 MPPTs<\/li>\n
  • that takes up to 20 kW of panels – which should be allowed under Australian ‘oversizing’ rules because it can reportedly also deliver 5kW direct to the battery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    A 10kW hybrid Sungrow inverter with similar specs retails for over AU$4,000. Keeping the Powerwall 3 price the same as the PW2 suddenly starts to look like pretty good value.<\/p>\n

    The Powerwall 3 still needs a AU$1,700 Gateway to handle backup and power sensing.<\/p>\n

    Here’s Tesla’s schematic of solar panels<\/a> integrated with a Powerwall 3.<\/p>\n

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    Translation: ‘Load Center’ is American for ‘Switchboard’.<\/p><\/div>\n

    DC Coupled Expansion Units<\/h2>\n

    Update April 11 2024:<\/strong> \u00a0DC Expansion Units have been confirmed by Tesla<\/em><\/p>\n

    Tesla are marketing the Powerwall 3 with future “DC-coupled battery expansion units”. At least one US installer with Powerwall experience claims these DC expansion packs will be:<\/p>\n

    “dummy PW3’s. Basically units without the integrated inverter.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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    Up to 4 Powerwall 3s can be stacked. Cheaper expansion packs that ship without a solar inverter are rumoured to be coming<\/p><\/div>\n

    If this is correct, this promises expansion packs for thousands of dollars less than the cost of the initial Powerwall 3 – because you are not paying for the solar inverter electronics, and the expansion pack installation should be much quicker.<\/p>\n

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    Yup. DC expansions are \u2018dummy\u2019 PW3s. Basically units without the integrated inverter \u2026<\/p>\n

    — Ernesto Grossmann (@ripple_energy) February 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n