For our customers with solar, adding a battery can save them around $300-500 per year on their energy bills. And now they can get an extra $200 - 400 by tapping into SmartShift™
“Households and small businesses are set to be the big winners from the smart technology being trialled by Amber Electric.”
— S.A. Energy Minister Dan van Holst Pellekaan
SmartShift™ is Amber’s newest technology, designed to accelerate our transition to 100% renewables by automating your home battery and other devices.
SmartShift™ automatically optimises your home battery to deliver big savings in two key ways:
It minimises your everyday electricity costs by charging your battery when wholesale prices are negative and renewables are generating.
It maximises the value of your exported energy by discharging when wholesale prices are at their highest.
Access cheaper renewable energy with our app
Access SmartShift™ with just your solar to automatically avoid exporting when feed-in tariffs are negative.
Currently compatible with Solar Edge inverters - more coming soon.
Clare Rainbow
Special Projects Manager
Clare is available to answer any questions you have, talk all things energy, feed-in tariffs and nerdy tech stats!
We've put together some handy links below to help you learn more about how Amber's SmartShift™ Beta works. If you can't find what you're looking for on our website please get in touch.
Yes, you do. That's because SmartShift™ is only possible if you're paying Amber's varying wholesale power prices, which allow you to save by using power at cheaper and greener times. To join Amber simply click here. Once you join Amber you will automatically be offered the opportunity to start onboarding to SmartShift™.
Supported home batteries can connect to the SmartShift™ algorithm remotely, so there's no need for a physical device. SmartShift™ optimises batteries to discharge at times when the wholesale price is more expensive than usual, lowering the overall cost of your energy usage. That's because you'll be using power from the grid at times when energy is cheaper and greener, and using power from your battery at times when energy is more expensive. You'll be able to see how SmartShift™ is optimising your battery, and how much it's saving you, using the Amber app.