SmartShift Compatibility Checker

SmartShift is Amber's battery automation software that makes your battery system smarter by automatically buying, selling, and storing energy at the optimal times to maximize your savings and earnings.

SmartShift compatibility includes two key components: Battery Control (automated charging/discharging based on electricity prices) and Solar Control (solar curtailment to prevent exporting when rates are negative). You can learn more about SmartShift at www.amber.com.au/solar-and-battery.

Full Solar Control (Load-Following): The most refined option where we only curtail excess solar that you're not using in your home. Your household consumption continues to be met by solar, and only the surplus export is stopped when feed-in rates drop below zero.

Partial Solar Control (On/Off): A simpler approach where your entire solar generation is turned off when feed-in rates go negative. While less refined, it still prevents you from paying to export energy during negative price events.

Both options help increase your average feed-in rate and prevent losses during negative pricing events, though load-following provides a more seamless experience.

AC-coupled batteries (like Tesla Powerwall) are connected after your solar inverter, on the same side as your home appliances.

‍DC-coupled batteries are connected before the solar inverter, directly alongside your solar panels.

SmartShift can control solar exports more precisely (using load-following solar curtailment) when we can see and manage the flow of solar energy before it becomes AC — which is only possible in DC-coupled setups that we can control (Tesla Powerwall 3 being an exception to this currently) or AC systems with a compatible inverter and meter.

If your battery is AC-coupled and not paired with a compatible inverter and consumption meter, we can’t see or control your solar exports, which limits our ability to help you avoid negative feed-in prices.