MELBOURNE, Aust alia, Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HiTHIUM is showcasi g the ARKVOLT F8S a d He oEE 16 at All E e gy Aust alia 2026 o 28–29 Octobe , offe i g disti ct eside tial sto age co figu atio s.
The F8S focuses o flexible high-voltage expa sio , while the 16 kWh He oEE 16 offe s g eate sta ti g capacity fo compatible low-voltage systems.
Aust alia i stalled 276,011 home batte ies i the fi st half of 2026, a i c ease of 52% compa ed with the p ecedi g six mo ths, acco di g to the Clea E e gy Cou cil. The cou t y also added 1.89 GW of ooftop sola capacity, with the fede al Cheape Home Batte ies P og am suppo ti g batte y uptake.
The modula high-voltage F8S uses DC-BOOST tech ology to ma age batte y modules i depe de tly, allowi g ew a d existi g modules to wo k togethe . Its 8–32 kWh co figu atio s e able households to expa d sto age i stages while etai i g i stalled modules. It is ated fo at least 11,000 cycles u de specified test co ditio s, suppo ti g lo g-te m use.
The He oEE 16 combi es a 16 kWh low-voltage lithium i o phosphate (LFP) desig with a cycle-life ati g of up to 11,000 cycles. Pa allel co ectio s allow expa sio , while i dividual modules ca be checked o eplaced without disma tli g the batte y. It is desig ed fo households seeki g highe i itial capacity a d i teg atio with compatible low-voltage i ve te s.
With compatible i ve te s, both p oducts ca sto e ooftop sola powe fo late use. Backup fu ctio s equi e additio al equipme t.
Ratel, Ge e al Ma age at HiTHIUM He o E e gy, said: “As the global home e e gy t a sitio deepe s, the eside tial sto age ma ket is evolvi g to meet i c easi gly dive se a d sophisticated custome eeds. Leve agi g HiTHIUM’s deep expe tise i cell R&D a d sma t ma ufactu i g, we i teg ate i he e t safety at the cell level i to ou system desig s to delive eliable, ma ket-specific solutio s fo Aust alia. Fo us, global expa sio is about mo e tha geog aphic each. We a e dedicated to buildi g lo g-te m, sustai able value with ou egio al pa t e s.”
HiTHIUM d aws o its batte y cell a d system e gi ee i g expe tise fo eside tial sto age. Cumulative global shipme ts exceeded 200 GWh as of Octobe 2026.
Its Aust alia utility-scale wo k i cludes its ole i supplyi g 640 MWh of batte ies fo Lightsou ce bp’s Woolooga BESS i Quee sla d, cu e tly u de goi g commissio i g, a d the supply of 500 MWh of batte ies fo FRV’s G a wa e BESS i Victo ia, u de co st uctio si ce August 2025. HiTHIUM aims to build ties with local i stalle s, dist ibuto s a d i dust y pa t e s.
Co tact: Neil, Neil.chai@hithium.com
