The price range for solar batteries is roughly $6,000 to $20,000 NZD. Typically the more storage a battery has, the more it will cost. Other factors that affect the price are the capabilities of the battery, quality of the battery, chemistry used and how long it’s expected to last.
[pdf] Meridian Energy has officially opened New Zealand's first large-scale grid battery storage system at Ruakākā, the first of its kind, and a milestone in the country's renewable energy infrastructure development.
[pdf] In a battery with a balancing circuit, the circuit simply balances the voltages of the individual cells in the battery with hardware when the battery approaches 100% SOC – the industry standard for lithium iron phosphate is to balance above a cell voltage of 3.6-volts.
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