{"id":6337,"date":"2023-04-21T12:26:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T10:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/?p=6337"},"modified":"2023-04-21T12:30:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T10:30:56","slug":"straton-solar-compare-the-price-per-kw-prices-of-10-popular-lithium-ion-battery-choices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/straton-solar-compare-the-price-per-kw-prices-of-10-popular-lithium-ion-battery-choices\/","title":{"rendered":"Straton Solar compare the Price per KW prices of 10 popular Lithium Ion Battery choices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As South Africa moves closer and closer to Stage 8 (or Stage 11 &#8211; as some prophets of doom would have us all believe) the battery storage required to keep a household and\/or small business running efficiently has crept up from 5 kW being enough to now 10 kW as being &#8216;adequate&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Gone are the days when we could provide a client with a 2.5 kW battery backup. The increased severity and cycles of loadshedding now make 5 kW batteries teeter on the edge,&#8221; says <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/\">Straton Solar<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The choices of battery are pretty wide and that should lead to some stiff competition.<\/p>\n<p>The table below shows 10 Battery Storage Solutions that are all around the 10 kW mark and that have gained local, national and international commendation as being &#8216;reliable&#8217;, well known and asked for items by clients seeking a solution.<\/p>\n<p>Prices quoted are from an average quoted by online retailers and we have calculated a price per kW to allow a better price comparison. We have NOT taken installation costs into consideration (in the case of a Tesla &#8211; and most other batteries &#8211; that is normaly around the R70 000 mark &#8211; very dependant upon the amount of wiring that needs to be changed, added or upgraded). We used todays Rand Dollar exchange rate of R18,11 to $1,00.<\/p>\n<table class=\"dcf-table dcf-table-responsive dcf-table-bordered dcf-table-striped dcf-w-100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"col\">Battery<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Size (kWh)<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Continuous Output<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Peak Output<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Rand Price (NOT Installed)<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Price per kWh<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Warranty<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\">Chemistry<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Powerwall<\/th>\n<td data-label=\"Size (kWh)\">13,5<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Continuous Output\">7 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Peak Output\">10 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Rand Price (NOT Installed)\">232713,50<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Price per kWh\">17238,04<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Warranty\">10 years 70% retention<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Chemistry\">NMC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">FranklinWH<\/th>\n<td data-label=\"Size (kWh)\">13,6<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Continuous Output\">5 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Peak Output\">10 kW for 10 sec<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Rand Price (NOT Installed)\">244485,00<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Price per kWh\">17976,84<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Warranty\">12 years 70% retention<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Chemistry\">LFP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">SolarEdge<\/th>\n<td data-label=\"Size (kWh)\">9,7<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Continuous Output\">5 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Peak Output\">7.5 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Rand Price (NOT Installed)\">162990,00<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Price per kWh\">16803,09<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Warranty\">10 years 70% retention<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Chemistry\">NMC<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">LG ESS Home 8<\/th>\n<td data-label=\"Size (kWh)\">14,4<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Continuous Output\">7.5 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Peak Output\">7.5 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Rand Price (NOT Installed)\">202832,00<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Price per kWh\">14085,56<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Warranty\">10 years 70% retention<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Chemistry\">LFP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Enphashe IQ<\/th>\n<td data-label=\"Size (kWh)\">10,1<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Continuous Output\">3.84 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Peak Output\">5.7 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Rand Price (NOT Installed)\">144880,00<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Price per kWh\">14344,55<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Warranty\">10 years or 4000 cycles<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Chemistry\">LFP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Sunsynk 10.65 kW<\/th>\n<td data-label=\"Size (kWh)\">10,5<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Continuous Output\">5 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Peak Output\">10 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Rand Price (NOT Installed)\">75156,50<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Price per kWh\">7157,76<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Warranty\">6000 cycles at 80% Depth of Discharge<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Chemistry\">LFP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Hubble AM-10<\/th>\n<td data-label=\"Size (kWh)\">10<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Continuous Output\">7.2 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Peak Output\">7.2 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Rand Price (NOT Installed)\">74251,00<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Price per kWh\">7425,10<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Warranty\">6000 cycles at 80% Depth of Discharge<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Chemistry\">LFP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Freedom Won Lite Home 10\/8<\/th>\n<td data-label=\"Size (kWh)\">10<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Continuous Output\">10 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Peak Output\">10 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Rand Price (NOT Installed)\">74251,00<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Price per kWh\">7425,10<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Warranty\">10 years or 4000 cycles<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Chemistry\">LFP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Blue Nova BN39V-280-10.9k HC<\/th>\n<td data-label=\"Size (kWh)\">10,9<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Continuous Output\">9.36 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Peak Output\">11.7 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Rand Price (NOT Installed)\">65196,00<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Price per kWh\">5981,28<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Warranty\">7000 cycles at 70% Depth of Discharge<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Chemistry\">LFP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\">Pylontech 10.5 kWh Battery bank: 3 x 3.5kWh<\/th>\n<td data-label=\"Size (kWh)\">10,5<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Continuous Output\">5.6 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Peak Output\">10.5 kW<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Rand Price (NOT Installed)\">68818,00<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Price per kWh\">6554,10<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Warranty\">7 years<\/td>\n<td data-label=\"Chemistry\">LFP<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6338\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6338\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6338\" src=\"http:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SunSynk_10kW_Lithium-Ion_Battery-261x300.jpg\" alt=\"SunSynk 10.65 kW Lithium Ion Battery.\" width=\"261\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SunSynk_10kW_Lithium-Ion_Battery-261x300.jpg 261w, https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/SunSynk_10kW_Lithium-Ion_Battery.jpg 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 261px) 100vw, 261px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6338\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SunSynk 10.65 kW Lithium Ion Battery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What we have NOT done is a comparison between the different levels of technical support offered by the various manufacturers. Being without a battery for any length of time in South Africa translates to pain and lost money.<\/p>\n<p>BUT, we can say that for Nelson Mandlea Bay residents (Gqeberha, Kariega and Despatch) their needs when it comes to Sunsynk batteries will be attended to by a local business providing technical support and repairs to all local suppliers and installers.<\/p>\n<p>Sunsynk identified that they needed a <a href=\"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/\"><strong>Sunsynk Technical Support center<\/strong><\/a> in Nelson Mandela Bay and appointed Straton Solar to do the support on behalf of local suppliers and installers.<\/p>\n<p>Any Sunsynk Lithium-Ion battery that goes faulty can now be serviced locally &#8211; offering quicker turnaround times.<\/p>\n<p>The technical center is a B2B center and only deals with local suppliers who sell Sunsynk Batteries to local installers. In other words, if you have a Sunsynk Battery with a problem then your local installer will package it up and either drop the battery off with the supplier or get authorisation to drop it off directly at the Technical Center.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As South Africa moves closer and closer to Stage 8 (or Stage 11 &#8211; as some prophets of doom would have us all believe) the battery storage required to keep a household and\/or small business running efficiently has crept up from 5 kW being enough to now 10 kW as being &#8216;adequate&#8217;. &#8220;Gone are the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[11,2499],"class_list":{"0":"post-6337","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-solar","7":"tag-battery","8":"tag-sunsynk","9":"entry","10":"has-post-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Alan","author_link":"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/author\/alan\/"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5HvVd-1Ed","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6236,"url":"https:\/\/straton.co.za\/solar\/press-release-ditch-the-4x4-grab-the-5x5\/","url_meta":{"origin":6337,"position":0},"title":"Press Release: Ditch the 4&#215;4 Grab the 5&#215;5","author":"Alan","date":"20 February 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Let's first warn sensitive readers that we will be using two South African swear words extensively in this article: Eskom and Loadshedding. 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