{"id":92364,"date":"2025-06-03T08:05:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T22:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=92364"},"modified":"2025-06-02T19:46:16","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T10:16:16","slug":"the-best-solar-panels-to-pair-with-a-new-battery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/the-best-solar-panels-to-pair-with-a-new-battery\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Solar Panels To Pair With A New Battery"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtube-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"The Best Solar Panels In Australia In 2025: Installers Choice Awards\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xDuBigiN-eg?start=2&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The federal battery rebate has triggered a huge surge of interest in solar panels, which are required to qualify for the government incentive. Some people are getting solar for the first time, while others are upgrading their existing systems. Here&#8217;s the best solar to pair with a home battery.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Under the federal government&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/federal-rebate\/\">Cheaper Home Batteries Program<\/a>, which begins July 1, batteries must be connected to a new or existing solar system.<\/p>\n<p>For people without solar who want to get the battery rebate, they will need to buy a new solar energy system to secure the battery incentive.<\/p>\n<p>It might even make sense to get <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/get-ready-for-the-rebate-with-a-battery-ready-solar-inverter\/\">solar with a hybrid inverter<\/a> before investing in a battery, to see what impact it has on your bills and better inform what size home battery you need to get. It is particularly important to get the battery size correct from the get go, since the rebate can only apply to one battery install or upgrade per property.<\/p>\n<h2>What About Households That Already Have Solar?<\/h2>\n<p>An estimated 15 million solar panels are expected to be chucked out due to the battery rebate. In many cases there is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/bin-solar-battery-rebate\/\">no reason to ditch perfectly good solar<\/a>. But there are some situations where expanding or replacing the existing system is advisable:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Size:<\/strong> the existing solar system isn&#8217;t big enough to meet the household&#8217;s electricity consumption and also regularly fill a battery. In many cases a smaller 5kW solar array won&#8217;t do the trick, and larger solar arrays at 7kW and above <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/battery-storage\/payback\/\">improve the payback time of batteries<\/a>;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Future proofing:<\/strong> Perhaps you&#8217;re planning to get an EV one day for instance, which will increase your electricity consumption, along with the size of solar system needed to also fill a battery;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Out-of-date:<\/strong> The system has reached its end of life and is heavily degraded, or no longer complies with current rules and regulations, meaning it will need to be upgraded or replaced in order to add a battery.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Best Solar To Get Ahead Of The Battery Rebate<\/h2>\n<p>The wrong size of solar panel array isn&#8217;t the only thing that can blow out the payback time on a battery &#8211; so too can the solar panel brand. Getting a dodgy solar product that fails to generate the promised amount of power, degrades quickly or is riddled with issues can derail your battery plans.<\/p>\n<p>Every year, we survey our installers for their recommendations of the best solar panels as part of our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/best-solar-panels-2025\/\">Installers&#8217; Choice Awards<\/a>. Here are the top three brands 161 of our installers recommended in 2025.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_88873\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-88873\" class=\"size-full wp-image-88873\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/best-panels-2025.png\" alt=\"Installer votes for best panels in 2025\" width=\"1024\" height=\"656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/best-panels-2025.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/best-panels-2025-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/best-panels-2025-768x492.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-88873\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aiko Solar was the most highly recommended brand by our surveyed installers.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Aiko Solar: Our Installers&#8217; Choice<\/h2>\n<p>In first place is Aiko Solar, which secured 27% of the vote despite only having launched in Australia in 2024. Aiko has quickly won installers over with its Neostar range of panels, which offer comparable performance to premium brands at a much more affordable price point. Neostar panels feature the best efficiency rating going around, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/efficiency\/\">at up to 23.6%<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Customer reviews: <\/strong>People who purchase Aiko have largely been happy with their new battery, with Aiko enjoying a superb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/aiko-solar-review.html\">4.9 out of 5 star rating from over 140 reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price:<\/strong> Aiko&#8217;s flagship Neostar 2S 455W should set you back $159 a panel, or $0.36 per watt. A 10kW solar panel array big enough to comfortably charge a battery should set you back <strong>roughly $9,000-$11,000<\/strong>, including a premium inverter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Point of caution:<\/strong> it is worth being sceptical about some of the more audacious marketing claims Aiko makes about panel performance in shade, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mWQsia29Sk0\">as covered in this video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_92381\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92381\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92381\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aiko-solar-rebate-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Solar panels on a tin roof\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aiko-solar-rebate-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aiko-solar-rebate-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aiko-solar-rebate-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aiko-solar-rebate-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aiko-solar-rebate-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aiko-solar-rebate-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-92381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Aiko solar panels installed by Queensland-based installers Springers Solar.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2><strong>REC: <\/strong><strong>The Best Premium Panels<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In second place is REC, which secured 16% of the vote. REC are rated by our installers for backing up their high price point with top-of-the-line performance. REC panels <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/degradation\/\">degrade more slowly<\/a> than their competition, and handle extreme heat better than most.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Customer reviews: <\/strong>Australian customers seem to think REC is worth paying for, with the brand boasting a stellar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/aiko-solar-review.html\">4.9 out of 5 star rating from over a thousand reviews<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Price:<\/strong> REC&#8217;s flagship Alpha Pure RX 470W should cost $290 a panel, or $0.61 per watt. A 10kW system with a premium inverter should set you back somewhere in the range of<strong> $12,000-$14,000.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Point of caution:<\/strong> the difference between premium and (some) budget brands <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/phase-shift-premium-solar-panels-are-dead\/\">is smaller than ever<\/a>. You might get better bang for your buck by investing in more panels from a cheaper brand or a higher-end battery or inverter.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_82144\" style=\"width: 860px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-82144\" class=\"size-full wp-image-82144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/finns-roof-REC.jpg\" alt=\"Finn's 20kW solar system\" width=\"850\" height=\"478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/finns-roof-REC.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/finns-roof-REC-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/finns-roof-REC-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-82144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SolarQuotes founder Finn Peacock liked REC panels so much that he installed them on his own roof.<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Jinko Solar: The Best Budget Panels<\/h2>\n<p>Coming in with 11% of the vote, Jinko Solar has long been a favourite in Australia, and is one of those budget brands that is close to matching its more expensive competition.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Customer Reviews:<\/strong> Jinko&#8217;s reputation among Australians has stood the test of time, with an average rating of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/jinko-solar-review.html\">4.8 out of 5 from over 3900 reviews.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Price:<\/strong> Jinko&#8217;s flagship Tiger Neo 440W should cost $125 per panel, or $0.29 per watt. A 10kW system coupled with a premium inverter should set you back somewhere <strong>in the range of $9,000-$11,000.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Point of caution:<\/strong> as a budget brand, Jinko panels are sometimes used by disreputable installers who might cut corners on the job, or pair them with a dodgy battery that fails to match Jinko&#8217;s panel performance. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/installers\/reviews\/\">Check the reviews of an installer<\/a> before locking them in, rather than just relying on Jinko&#8217;s reputation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_59552\" style=\"width: 791px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59552\" class=\"size-full wp-image-59552\" src=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/jinko-JWS.jpg\" alt=\"Jinko panels on a roof\" width=\"781\" height=\"471\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/jinko-JWS.jpg 781w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/jinko-JWS-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/jinko-JWS-768x463.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 781px) 100vw, 781px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-59552\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jinko Panels installed by JWS Electrical Services<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>How To Compare Solar Panel Brands Yourself<\/h2>\n<p>Want to look into one of the above brands further, or investigate another option entirely? To compare solar panel brands yourself, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/panels\/comparison\/compare-solar-panels\/\">use our comparison table<\/a>. To dig into what size system best suits your needs, try our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/solar-calculator\/\">solar and battery calculator<\/a>. And for the best batteries to pair with your solar under the rebate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/best-home-batteries-2025\/\">read this guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The federal battery rebate has triggered a huge surge of interest in solar panels, which are required to qualify for the government incentive. Some people are getting solar for the first time, while others are upgrading their existing systems. 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