Solar manufacturer GoodWe will be showing off its new ESA all-in-one home battery systems at the All Energy Conference in Melbourne next week. There’s been interest building in Australia regarding this new series — here’s a closer look.
What Are The New GoodWe ESA Battery’s Specifications?
- Single-phase.
- LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) chemistry.
- Available in 3–10 kW inverter options.
- Modular system — 5 kWh or 8 kWh modules. Up to 48 kWh per stack, with a maximum of 6 stacks in parallel.
- Ability to mix old and new battery modules.
- 63 A backup support.
- <4ms switching time to backup.
- Battery voltage range: 350 ~ 550V
- 2–4 Maximum Power Point Trackers (MPPTs). 4 MPPTs on the 8 kW and 10 kW inverters.
- 1C charge/discharge rate.
- Dual output ports for flexible load management.
- Convection cooling (fanless).
- PV oversizing: Up to 200 per cent.
- Noise level: < 30 dB.
- IP66 rated for indoor and outdoor installation.
- Six-layer safety protection, including aerosol fire suppression and AI-driven AFCI 3.0, which detects and prevents arc faults.
- Real-time visibility and control via the GoodWe SEMS portal and app
As for estimated retail pricing, that’s not clear; but GoodWe gear is usually priced towards the budget end of the market. The new ESA is Clean Energy Council approved and a full datasheet can be viewed here.
Warranty Details MIA?
Missing from the press release were details regarding warranty, and I haven’t been able to locate that information on GoodWe’s Australian website as yet. Other GoodWe batteries such as the Lynx F G2 have had a 10-year product warranty and a 10-year performance warranty.
The warranty document for the new ESA is something you’d want to get hold of and go over carefully first if you’re considering buying one.
Old Vs. New GoodWe ESA
The new series is quite a step up from the previous generation in terms of looks and features.
The original only had a 5kW inverter and 10.8 kWh of storage, and fewer other bells and buzzers. While the old ESA appeared on GoodWe’s Australian website for a while, I’m not sure if it ever actually reached our shores and I don’t remember seeing it on the CEC’s approved list.
Here’s a video showcasing the new ESA:
Commenting on the new battery, Country Manager for GoodWe Australia Dean Williamson said:
“Australians are looking for energy solutions that are powerful yet simple. The ESA takes the guesswork out of solar and battery pairing while providing full home backup right out of the box. This is what the future of home energy looks like: simple, safe, and smart. The ESA gives Australians the confidence to take control of their power.”
GoodWe unveiled several new/ish home electrification goodies – including the new-generation ESA — back in June this year at Intersolar Europe, and now it’s Australia’s turn to see it in the flesh (so to speak).
The company will showcase the new ESA Series at All Energy Australia in Melbourne next week (stand EE135) and will have a couple of product launch presentations at the event: on Wednesday 29th October, 3.15pm-3.30pm and Thursday 30th October, 10.45am-11am.
GoodWe has had a long association with Australia. The company was founded in 2010 in China and began shipping GoodWe inverters to Australia in 2012, then expanding its product portfolio to include energy storage solutions in 2020.
The ESA adds to the rapidly growing list of choices Australians now have in home batteries. The CEC’s approved battery list currently has over 100 brands covering 1,000 models. CEC-approved batteries are eligible for the federal government battery rebate.
You can see how a selection of residential energy storage solutions stack up side-by-side on specifications and estimated pricing on SolarQuotes’ home battery comparison table. We’ll have the new ESA on the table soon.
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It looks like they are trying to match the SigEnergy Sigenstor product – a shame this product doesn’t have a bidirectional DC EV charger (please add this Goodwe). It’s great to see these integrated home inverter and battery products.
Any indication of a 3 phase coming in the near future?
The Goodwe ESA single phase 10kW/48kWh series of all in one systems is not available until sometime next year, if it becomes available then.
Source of information – Retailer/installer of Goodwe products.
It’s coming Oct / Nov 2025. At least that’s what I heard from many installers.
But, what is said to be, by “many”, can still be a figment of the imagination.
I believe that, at one time, “many” experts claimed that the world was flat, and, upon sailing to the edge, a vessel would then fall off the edge. But, has anyone seen the edge of the world (or, one of these systems installed)?
So, if one of these figments of the imagination, does ever get installed in Australia, a report, with photographs (not photoshopped to fake it), to prove it, would be good.
Of course, the aspect exists, that even if one or two do get installed in Sydney mansions, they will probably not come to WA, like the BYD T3 vans, that were never sold new in WA – only in Sydney.
The camel trains tend to get lost, trying to cross the Nullarbor, to come to WA.
And, with WA being closer to China (China being the source of Goodwe products (and the BYD vans) ), the ships from China tend to get lost, and, end up in Sydney (if and when they do manage to find, and get to, Australia).
The new Goodwe single phase ESA all in one series, with up to 10kW/48kWh capacity, was launched in Australia, at the Smart Energy Conference and Exhibition 2025, on 9 and 10 April 2025 at ICC Sydney.
Almost seven months later, the product is simply not available in Australia, even though it has been launched and promoted as being available in Australia.
It is a bit like the wonderful Geely Riddarra RD6 BEV ute, that we were told was coming to Australia, four years ago.
“We have this wonderful new product. Too bad that you cannot have it, because it is simply not available. The announcements and product launch, are simply a way to get people to click on the links for the product that does not exist.”
Pipe dreams.
And, of course, for anyone who wants one of these Goodwe single phase ESA 10kW/48kWh all in one systems, and has to wait until they become available (if they become available), with the federal battery subsidy initial rate being provided for only six months (why the feral government did not change the date of the annual reduction of the SRES rebate, from the end of the calendar year, to the end of the financial year, to provide for a full year of the initial full rate of the rebate for batteries, is clearly to deprive people of the benefit), as of 31 December, any of the systems that become installed and operational, after that date, due to lack of availability, increase in price (due to decrease in the rebate), by about 1230AUD, for the 48kWh system.
So, if they are not available and installed and operational, before 31 December, the customers become victims of the price increase, due to the delay, if and when the systems do become available