Batteries & Storage

Sigenergy vs Goodwe, the two biggest battery brands on the market right now. They look similar, but every day I have clients asking me what are the actual differences between them. Here at Lenergy we prefer Sigenergy. This article will break down exactly what the real differ…

Half a million Australian homes now have a solar battery. So Australia’s grid operator, AEMO, took 10,000 of them and compared them to 10,000 homes running solar alone. They found the impact of solar batteries was that homes cut their evening peak grid use by 73%, and we explai…

Same home, same battery but two different quotes?. One is a little more than you hoped. The other is so cheap it stops you in your tracks….and here’s why that’s the one you should worry about. Most people read that gap as a win. It is better read as a question. Cheap home ba…

In 2023, David Duncan opened a power bill for over $3,000 in a single quarter. His most recent bill was $58. That’s thousands in solar battery savings.  David and his family live near Trangie, in western NSW. Solar on its own halved their bills. The battery did the rest…

More than 500,000 home batteries have been installed across Australia since July 2025. That is a real milestone, worth celebrating.  60.8% of installations inspected by the Clean Energy Regulator up to April 2026 were found to be substandard. That’s the part that gets f…

There’s are Solar and Battery systems you can plug straight into a wall socket, No electrician needed. Plug-in Solar is perfect for renters or someone who owns an apartment. It’s called the Sigenergy SigenMate 2700 Ultra which launched in July 2026 and people overseas are alrea…

Helen has lived in the same village for close on 40 years. Welby, in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. It is her home forever, and she is not moving anywhere. What changed was her power bill. It was a shock every month, and it kept getting worse. So she took action, an…

You open the mySigen app and there is no data. The system shows as offline. Before you worry, know this: your battery is almost certainly fine, and you can reconnect your Sigenergy SigenStor to Wi-Fi yourself in a few minutes. A dropout usually follows a change to your home…

On the coldest mornings, a solar battery can lose up to half its usable energy. It isn’t broken. That’s cold weather at work. Cold slows the chemistry, slows charging, and trims what you can actually use. It rarely damages a good battery. It can leave a cheaper one stalling…

Most Australian homes with solar go dark during a blackout. Even on a sunny day. Even with panels on the roof. Here’s why that happens, and exactly what it takes to keep your power on when the grid fails. The short answer: standard solar alone will not save you.  Thi…

For quite some time now Tesla has been one of the biggest powerhouses in the solar battery world and the Powerwall 3 has lived up to that as it has shown itself to be a reliable, well-integrated battery with many positives. However, the rigidity of the system when it comes to e…

The Definitive Australian Guide to Battery Location Rules, AS/NZS 5139 Compliance, and Smart Placement Battery installations across Australia are booming. With electricity prices rising and rebates making storage more accessible, more homeowners than ever are adding batte…