Good news for GoodWe ESA owners. You can now connect your eligible home battery to Amber, giving you access to automated battery optimisation and wholesale electricity prices.
Thousands of GoodWe customers have been waiting for this announcement, and it means more households can now get greater value from the batteries they've already invested in.
GoodWe is one of Australia's top inverter manufacturers, and we're Australia's leading battery plan, trusted by more battery owners than any other plan or VPP. With more than 100,000 Australian homes powered by GoodWe ESA systems, this integration gives eligible owners new opportunities to reduce their electricity costs and make their batteries work harder for them.
If you already have a compatible GoodWe ESA system at home, you can connect it to Amber without replacing your existing battery hardware.
Get more from your GoodWe battery
Your home battery can do more than store excess solar for later.
Wholesale electricity prices change throughout the day, depending on how much electricity is being generated and how much people are using. When prices are low, there are opportunities to charge your battery cheaply. When prices rise, the energy stored in your battery can be worth more.
SmartShift automatically manages your battery around these changing prices and your household's energy needs.
It builds a personalised plan using your forecast electricity consumption, expected solar generation and wholesale electricity prices.
Your battery can charge when electricity is cheaper, discharge to power your home or export energy when wholesale prices are higher.
The automation does the planning for you, and you can override it in the Amber app whenever you want, including choosing to charge, discharge or preserve your battery's capacity.
A long-awaited integration
Before making this available more widely, we spent months testing GoodWe compatibility through a staged beta program involving more than 350 GoodWe ESA systems.
For Tim Barson, Amber's Partnerships Manager, the announcement is about giving battery owners more choice over how they use the systems they've invested in.
"We've built SmartShift in the world's leading home battery market, and one thing we've learned is that people want more choice in how they use the battery they've invested in. GoodWe is already in more than 100,000 Australian homes, and we've heard from plenty of those owners who want to use SmartShift. We're really pleased we can now give them that option."
Dean Williamson, Country Manager for GoodWe Australia and New Zealand, has heard the same demand from customers.
"GoodWe customers have been asking us about Amber compatibility for some time, so we're excited to see this integration become widely available."
"Australians have made a significant investment in home energy storage, and they increasingly expect their battery to do more than simply store excess solar. This integration gives eligible GoodWe customers another way to use their system intelligently, respond to real energy market conditions, and potentially unlock greater value from the energy they generate and store."
Not your traditional VPP
Most electricity plans offer fixed rates. With Amber, you get access to wholesale electricity prices.
That means you can benefit when prices are low and earn more for the energy you export when prices rise.
Unlike some traditional VPP arrangements, we don't take a cut of your wholesale export earnings. The value your battery earns goes towards reducing your electricity costs.
SmartShift works alongside our wholesale pricing model, helping your battery respond automatically to changing prices while keeping you in control.
Check your GoodWe compatibility
Amber currently supports GoodWe ESA Series, including compatible single-phase and three-phase models. We're continuing to test other GoodWe models, including the ET, EHB, XS, MS, DNS and SDT Series.
To connect your battery to Amber, you'll need
- A compatible GoodWe ESA inverter that's online and running the latest firmware
- An Amber electricity account (you can sign up here if you're not already with us)
- To live in our service area covering ACT, NSW, SA, SEQ and VIC
Our subscription costs $25 per month, with no lock-in contract.
Already with Amber?
Open the Amber app and head to the Devices section. Select GoodWe as your battery brand, then follow the prompts to connect your system.
For step-by-step instructions, including how to check your compatibility and prepare your system, read our GoodWe enrolment guide.
New to Amber?
Sign up to Amber to get started.
Have a different GoodWe model?
We're continuing to test other systems. Join our GoodWe compatibility waitlist to hear about future updates.
Meet us at All Energy Australia
We'll be at All Energy Australia at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on 28 and 29 October 2026.
You can find GoodWe at Stand EE135, and you'll find us at The Amber Brewhouse, directly opposite Doors 9 and 10.
Come along and chat with our team about SmartShift and GoodWe compatibility.
For questions about SmartShift, contact us at info@amber.com.au. For GoodWe product support, contact service.au@goodwe.com.
