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Meet Neovolt A battery system that can keep your existing solar panels working during a blackout.
- Your solar keeps working in outages
Neovolt's grid-forming function lets on-grid solar inverters keep working normally during a power outage.
Needs the backup circuits and grid-forming set-up included in your quote.
- Handles motor-driven appliances
Neovolt describes UPS-level control that copes with inductive loads, like the motors in fridges and pumps.
- Starts your generator for you
With a generator on site, Neovolt can start it automatically and report its status through the app or cloud.
- BW-BAT-10.1P: listed, 10-year cover
Bytewatt's Australian warranty covers the BW-BAT-10.1P battery for 10 years at 70% capacity, and it's approved-listed.
BW-BAT-9.6P listings were suspended from 15 Sep 2026. Check your quoted battery is listed.
Cells similar to those used in vehicles, Neovolt says.
The company behind it
Neovolt is the home battery brand of Bytewatt Technology, a Suzhou-based Chinese maker with a Sydney office.
Made by Bytewatt
Neovolt says it is made by Bytewatt Technology, whose global head office is in Suzhou, China.
Inverter and UPS heritage
Bytewatt claims 10 years in inverter technology and 15 years in UPS technology.
Seven Hills office
Its Australian office is in Seven Hills, NSW, with two Sydney warehouses.
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Rebates at quote
The federal Cheaper Home Batteries discount — roughly a quarter off installed cost — plus your state layer, applied upfront at quote.
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- New South Wales — 13 locations
- Victoria — 8 locations
- Queensland — 11 locations
- Western Australia — 3 locations
- South Australia — 1 location
- Tasmania — 2 locations
- Northern Territory — 2 locations
- Australian Capital Territory — 1 location
Is Neovolt right for your home? Fit and warranty checks
A good fit if…
- Households where blackout behaviour matters and appliances must not notice the switch
- Owners adding storage beside an existing solar inverter via the battery-inverter version
- Price-led buyers who want an all-in-one rather than a component build
- Larger homes that will stack the three-phase system’s high-voltage batteries
Consider the limitations
- You want a long Australian operating history and a large local service organisation behind the warranty
- You want the widest choice of local installers who have commissioned the brand before
- Your virtual-power-plant plan is written around specific integrated systems and does not list Bytewatt
- You want a battery that pairs with inverters from other brands
The Neovolt range
Three-phase ESS
Three-phase hybrid with high-voltage batteries in two module sizes
For larger homes; the batteries stack, and up to six inverters can share one bank.
BW-BAT battery modules
Low-voltage single module or high-voltage stacks
The batteries behind both systems, sold to pair with Bytewatt’s own inverters.
Neovolt specifications and source documents
Neovolt is the residential brand of Bytewatt, a Suzhou power-electronics company that SolarQuotes says spent years in uninterruptible power supplies before it built inverters. That lineage shows in the product: a single-phase all-in-one that pairs its own hybrid or battery inverter with a wall-mounted battery, switches to backup almost instantly, and runs a grid-forming mode so an existing solar inverter keeps working during an outage. A three-phase system with high-voltage batteries sits above it, and several inverters can be paralleled around one shared battery bank. It is the best-reviewed of the newer value brands on SolarQuotes, and the caveat is the same in every review: the hardware is ahead of the local support history.
- Current Neovolt line-up in Australia: BW-BAT-4.8S (4.6 kWh usable), BW-BAT-10.1P (9.6 kWh usable). Source
- Neovolt pairs with its own hybrid inverter: new solar-and-battery installs use one unit; a retrofit means replacing the existing inverter. Source
- Usable capacity runs from 4.6 kWh to 9.6 kWh. Source
- Capacity can be added later without replacing the inverter. Source
- The manufacturer warranty is 10 years, with 70% of original capacity guaranteed at the end of it. Source
- It works with Neovolt's own inverters only. Source
- Listed models are on the Clean Energy Council approved battery list. Source
- Any accredited installer can fit Neovolt under the manufacturer's warranty terms. Source
- The Clean Energy Council listed BW-BAT modules meet the federal Cheaper Home Batteries Program’s hardware condition; the program also requires the battery to be connected to new or existing solar and the installer to hold SAA accreditation, and it asks buyers to seek more than one quote. Source
Neovolt questions, answered
- Who makes Neovolt, and who stands behind it in Australia?
- Neovolt is Bytewatt Technology’s residential brand, from Suzhou; SolarQuotes describes a company with a long background in uninterruptible power supplies before inverters. The Australian warranty lists a local Bytewatt contact in Rouse Hill and an importer in South Australia, and claims run through the installer first. Ask the installer to write down who processes a claim before you sign.
- Is Neovolt eligible for the federal battery rebate?
- The BW-BAT-4.8S and BW-BAT-10.1P are on the Clean Energy Council approved battery list (BW-BAT-9.6P suspended 15 Sep 2026), the hardware gate for the Cheaper Home Batteries Program. The install has to qualify too: solar connected, usable capacity inside the program band, an SAA-accredited installer, and no earlier claim at the address. Ask for the exact listed model string on the quote.
- What happens in a blackout?
- The switchover is the feature owners praise most: it is quick enough that most appliances do not notice, and on the single-phase system solar keeps charging the battery through the outage. The backup only covers the circuits wired to the backup output, so ask for them by name, and ask the installer to test the grid-forming mode with your existing solar before handover.
- Can I add Neovolt to solar I already have?
- Yes, and it is one of the range’s strengths. The single-phase system comes in a hybrid version for new solar and a battery-inverter version that sits beside an existing solar inverter and leaves it in place. The grid-forming mode then keeps that inverter producing during an outage. The quote should say which version it is and why.
- Why do some owners report communication problems?
- The most common complaint on SolarQuotes is the system dropping off the cloud platform, which usually comes down to where the Wi-Fi stick sits and how the household network was set up at commissioning. It does not stop the battery working, but it does stop you seeing it. Ask the installer to place the stick where the signal is strong and to confirm the portal is reporting before leaving.
- How long is the warranty, and who honours it?
- Bytewatt published an update statement in late 2024 extending its residential warranty, and its Australian document sets out a product warranty and a capacity performance warranty with conditions on temperature and throughput. The record above shows the term. It is honoured through Bytewatt’s Australian contact and an importer rather than a large local subsidiary, which is the main caveat.
- Can Neovolt grow with the house?
- On the three-phase system the high-voltage batteries stack in modules, and Bytewatt’s pages describe several inverters sharing one battery bank, so larger homes can build up. The single-phase system is a fixed battery size, so a household that expects to double its storage should start the conversation on the three-phase side rather than plan to bolt a second single-phase system on later.