Chinese energy storage manufacturer Hinen will be at the All Energy Australia 2024 exhibition in Melbourne next week to show off its latest inverter and energy storage products.
Hinen may not be familiar to many Australians, but parent company Hinen Group has been around for 20 years. Subsidiary Hinen New Energy was established in 2022, with a focus on residential energy storage solutions. The firm manufactures in China and Vietnam, with offices scattered about the place – including here in Australia in North Sydney.
Currently the company only has one battery and a single line of inverters on the Clean Energy Council’s approved products lists – but that could soon change given what Hinen will be showcasing at All Energy. Grid-connect inverters need to be on the list to qualify for Australia’s solar rebate, some state-based incentives and to be permitted to connect to electricity networks. CEC listing is also required for some state battery incentives.
B5000 Battery
A 5kWh (4.6kWh usable) low-voltage battery that can be expanded to 30kWh. The base model has rated power of 5.12kW.
The safety features in the B5000 include:
- LFP(LiFePO4) battery chemistry
- Temperature sensors
- Over-current and over-voltage protection
- Short circuit protection
- Internal aerosol fire extinguisher
Side note: There have been a few batteries popping up with an in-built fire extinguisher. I think SolarEdge’s Home Battery was the first, but they subsequently dropped the feature. This wasn’t because it had problems, but according to the company, during testing for the UL9540A standard SolarEdge was told it was so far above the requirements that the extinguisher wasn’t required.
The B5000 is on the CEC approved battery list.
H5000s Hybrid Inverter
This is a 5kW single-phase hybrid inverter with 200% oversizing capability. The H5000s is on the CEC approved inverter list as the H5000-EU, along with several other H-series inverters of different capacities.
B7700M-H Battery Module
A high-voltage battery module with a 7.7kWh capacity, capable of 45A continuous current and with the B5000’s safety features. It has a maximum charge/discharge power rating of 7.776kWh for a single unit. Not yet on the CEC list.
H12000t Inverter
A 12kW three-phase hybrid inverter that accommodates 100% unbalanced loads, and can provide a whopping 72kW output power when set up in parallel (if your Distributed Network Service Provider – DNSP allows it). Also not on the CEC list at the time of publishing.
A10000s All-in-One Battery System
The A10000s is a 10kW single-phase hybrid all-in-one residential energy storage system featuring four MPPT channels. Its 15.4kWh capacity can be expanded using B7700M-H modules.
Hinen says its 230V/63A off-grid output power can reach up to 15kW, supporting full household load backup and providing uninterrupted power supply (≤ 10ms switchover).
Like the B5000, it is based on LFP chemistry and has its safety bells and buzzers. It has a wider ambient temperature range than the B5000 (-20℃ to +60℃ compared to -20℃ to 55℃).
While it was launched in Australia in late September, the A10000s is yet to appear on the CEC’s approved list.
The Hinen App
An app providing real-time battery status, voltage, current, temperature, and alerts.
Further details on the above products can be found on Hinen’s Australian website. From the datasheets and info available from the company’s website, you can compare Hinen kit with other solutions on our battery and hybrid inverter comparison tables (we are yet to add Hinen to them).
Hinen Australia rep “Steve” (no last name given) said the company was thrilled to be participating at All Energy; where you’ll be able to find them at booth K113.
“Our products aim to support Australia’s energy transition,” he said. “We look forward to connecting with industry professionals, witnessing cutting-edge technology, and exploring a smarter, more efficient, and sustainable energy future together.”
All Energy Australia 2024 is being held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on October 23rd and 24th. There will be ~390 exhibitors this year, so it should be a corker. Some of the SolarQuotes team will be checking it out and we may have a few related yarns to post about in the weeks ahead.
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Regarding the A1000s 10kW hybrid inverter system, the following points arise.
1. It is strange that, in the specifications, the discharge rate from the BESS is limited to 10kW (“Max. charge / discharge power(W) 10000 / 10000”), whilst the “Backup Port Specification” states “Rated output power(W)15000”, so, the system is supposed to be able to provide up to 15kW backup power, limited to 10kW ??? Sounds like our “5g” cellphone plan, where the provider eliminated all of the 4G plans, upgraded to the “5G” plans, with higher pricing, limited to 100MB/s data transmission (throttling), which is 4G or 3g data transmission rates (telecommunications “service” providers are not subject to proper regulation in Australia).
2. The specifications datasheet does not refer to whether the inverter has export limiting capability. As other single phase 10kW hybrid inverters have export limiting (and similar capacities – (eg Sungrow SH10RS) 2x oversizing, 4 MPPT’s, up to 15kW power supply to the house from the BESS, etc) AND export limiting, the more single phase 10kW hybrid inverters that are available in Australia, that have configurable export limiting (including down to zero), the clearer it is (and, hopefully, that more action will be taken by other people in addition to me, to stop the prohiobition), that Western Power is deliberately harming the SWIS grid and the grid stability, by disallowing such inverters for households, with the SWIS grid being the only mainland electricity grid that disallows single phase hybrid inverters with capacity over 5kW, the prohibition solely for the purposes of coercive control and deliberately causing harm, by the unregulated utility company that is given absolute power.
3. The specifications do not include reference to whether the inverter includes, that is included with the GE GEH10-1U-10 inverter, an A/C bypass switch. Does the inverter include one of these, to provide for power supply if and when the inverter fails?