New price lists arrive in January. Get your batteries and inverters at today’s prices

Manufacturers confirmed to us during face-to-face meetings that they will adjust their prices as of 1 January. This applies to both batteries and inverters. None of them, however, mentioned that prices would remain the same or fall. We have described the main reasons in detail in the article ‘Battery prices to rise from January’.

 

In short:

• lithium is more than 60 per cent more expensive than it was last October,
• battery cells have risen in price by roughly a fifth,
• from 1 January 2027, China is abolishing the remaining 6 per cent VAT export refund on batteries.

 

The amount of the rebate depends on the date of export from China; the date of your order is irrelevant. Goods leaving China in January will no longer be eligible for it.

Buy now and save

If you have orders scheduled for spring or the first half of 2027, you will be purchasing at the January price lists. For quotations that your customers already have in hand, the price increase would therefore eat into your margin.

 

If you purchase or reserve the technology before the end of this year, you’ll retain:

• the price you’ve budgeted for in your quotation,
• certainty of supply at a time when stock levels start to run low ahead of major projects,
• peace of mind when dealing with customers, as you won’t have to recalculate your quotation.

 

Prices for solar panels have risen sharply. We do not expect this to be the case for inverters and batteries; price increases will be more gradual. Some manufacturers have already started raising prices, but price rises will continue gradually.

You still have time

If you already know the capacity and output of the systems you’ll be installing, get in touch with your sales representative.

 

Together, we’ll work out what makes sense to order now and what you can reserve.