The assessment
How it scores, by category
Market position
The data
Hybrid inverter
Manages PV, battery DC and household AC through the inverter platform.
- Product role
- The battery remains a separate product even when it belongs to the same branded platform.
- Published range
- 5–12 kW
- Phase
- Three phase
- Backup boundary
- Whole-home capability recorded
What the documents establish
Published evidence, source-reviewed non-disclosure and unresolved questions remain separate from the product score.
Warranty coverage: 10-year term
Coverage includes
Parts & labour · term longer than 24 of 93 scored inverters
No inverter in the fleet publishes a year-by-year performance or output guarantee the way panels and batteries do - this shows the covered term against the market-typical term and where every scored inverter’s term lands (grey dots, sized by model count), plus what the warranty actually includes.
Verification & sources
Market context
Global evidencechange in the site menu
Global benchmark. This scorecard is benchmarked globally. A global score does not imply local availability, certification, warranty coverage, or installer compatibility.
Benchmark anchor. The score is anchored to the 12 kW maximum of the defined residential Australian subset; the 15-30 kW models remain a separate commercial research family. Scored model: SigenStor EC 12.0 TP AU · checked 2026-08-02. Evidence.
Sources & references · checked 2026-08-31
Strong evidence coverage
24 of 24 scored criteria link directly to a published source.
Values marked estimated, derived, or not found remain visible on the audit sheet and do not carry the same evidential weight as a linked source. Coverage measures direct links, not an independent guarantee that a claim is correct.
Record revision. Australian three-phase controller datasheet, CEC listing and AU/NZ product warranty dated 2024-12-06 reviewed 2026-08-02; AU hybrid inverter decision sprint II checked 2026-08-06. First-market DE overlay review 2026-08-31: official German catalogues recorded for the remaining 17 AU+US identities; Australian and United States overlays and scores unchanged.
- Sourced valuesData card →
- Warranty summary10-year product warranty →
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- Archived copy of the primary sourcePDF ↗
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- Monitoring & smart featuresManufacturer ↗
- Reactive power rangeManufacturer ↗
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- EV charging integrationManufacturer ↗
- Firmware & security disclosureManufacturer ↗
Product record history
7 changes to this record · 61 products changed in this update
DE Warranty scope
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Germany; no German warranty PDF naming SigenStor EC TP was isolated, so six-field terms are not attached. Held is not unavailable. The PSW-era Sigenergy inverter file is not edited.
DE Grid and installation context
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Sigenergy Germany lists SigenStor EC 5.0 TP through 12.0 TP. Grid codes are not copied from the single-phase EC SP family. The scored TP AU suffix is not claimed as a German SKU. Site approval remains installation-specific.
Source revision
- Before
- Australian three-phase controller datasheet, CEC listing and AU/NZ product warranty dated 2024-12-06 reviewed 2026-08-02; AU hybrid inverter decision sprint II checked 2026-08-06
- After
- Australian three-phase controller datasheet, CEC listing and AU/NZ product warranty dated 2024-12-06 reviewed 2026-08-02; AU hybrid inverter decision sprint II checked 2026-08-06. First-market DE overlay review 2026-08-31: official German catalogues recorded for the remaining 17 AU+US identities; Australian and United States overlays and scores unchanged.
DE Certifications
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Sigenergy's German SigenStor page and support table name EC 5.0 TP through EC 12.0 TP.
DE Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://www.sigenergy.com/de/products/sigenstor; https://www.sigenergy.com/de/psipt/2065304798093234177
DE Support Note
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- This record is not data/inverters/sigenergy.json. The single-phase EC SP family is a separate battery-side identity and is not merged onto this three-phase TP inverter record. Manufacturer listing is established; distributor inventory is not inferred.
1 change to this record · 6 products changed in this update
Manufacturing track record: Evidence sources
- Before
- https://www.sigenergy.com/uploads/au_download/1743479387163404.pdf; https://www.sigenergy.com/uploads/en_content/sigenergy_sustainability_report_en_2024.pdf
- After
- https://www.gurufocus.com/news/8797289/3-years-and-11-months-aiallinone-pv-storage-sigenergy-listed-on-hkex-fastest-ipo-record-for-a-chinese-enterprise
3 changes to this record · 1 product changed in this update
Manufacturing track record
- Before
- 1-4 years, scaling
- After
- 4-10 years (or new brand, strong parent heritage)
1 change to this record · 147 products changed in this update
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- Current text
- accepted at: 2026-08-09; category: inverter; certification model: SigenStor EC 12.0 TP AU (AS4777-2 2020); jurisdiction: au_cec; match method: exact_normalized_single_record; product slug: sigenergy-sigenstor-ec-5-12-tp-au; source key: data/inverters/sigenergy_sigenstor_ec_tp_au_12.json; source manufacturer name: Shanghai SIGEN New Energy Technology Co Ltd; validation: approved at: 2025-04-07; candidate model: SigenStor EC 12.0 TP AU (AS4777-2 2020); data confidence: High; evidence url: https://cer.gov.au/document/cec-approved-inverters-0; expires at: 2028-04-07; list data version: au-cer-inverter-2026-08-20-51491c596569; list retrieved at: 2026-08-27T04:30:12Z; listing status at validation: listed
The previous text is not reproduced here: both versions run to a full research paragraph. Both are in the JSON record linked below.
AU market evidence
4 changes to this record · 73 products changed in this update
Evidence sources
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- https://www.sigenergy.com/uploads/au_download/1743479387163404.pdf
Value
- Before
- Not previously recorded
- After
- Direct-pv hybrid inverter with 3 independent MPPTs at the scored model boundary.
This is review.solar's publication history. It does not claim the product changed on the recorded date, and it excludes compatibility, system pairing, installation suitability and relative leaderboard prose. Open the complete JSON record.
Evidence timeline
Recorded verification events for this scorecard. These are evidence checks, not historical score snapshots.
- Core scorecard evidence checked
- DE market evidence checked
- Australian certification source identity verified
- AU market evidence checked
- Plain-language warranty summary checked
- US market evidence checked
- Series benchmark evidence checked
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Our reading
SigenStor EC TP scores 76, placing 7 of 61 in the Inverter class against a class average of 70.2. Its strongest scoring dimension is features & integration (90), running 17.9 points above the class average on this dimension. Key specifications: 98.3% peak efficiency, 3 MPPT inputs, 10-year warranty.