{
  "slug": "approved-battery-list-expiry-2027",
  "title": "Every Approved Battery Expires by 31 December 2027",
  "url": "https://solaranalytica.com/approved-battery-list-expiry-2027",
  "summary": "The Clean Energy Council is moving its approved battery list to SA TS 5398. Reading the regulator's published file finds 2,947 of 3,526 listings on a single expiry date, 31 December 2027, and none beyond it. What expiry governs, what it does not, and the one indicator that shows the migration.",
  "license": "Free to use with attribution to Solar Analytica (solaranalytica.com). Underlying figures are named to their public sources below.",
  "csv": "https://solaranalytica.com/reports/approved-battery-list-expiry-2027/data.csv",
  "datePublished": "2026-08-20",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-08-20",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Approved batteries: Clean Energy Council (official)",
      "url": "https://cleanenergycouncil.org.au/industry-programs/products-program/batteries"
    },
    {
      "title": "Battery specs change: transitioning to TS 5398, Clean Energy Council",
      "url": "https://cleanenergycouncil.org.au/industry-programs/products-program/batteries/battery-specs-change-transitioning-to-ts-5398"
    },
    {
      "title": "Recent changes to expiry dates for batteries, Clean Energy Council",
      "url": "https://cleanenergycouncil.org.au/industry-programs/products-program/batteries/new-expiry-dates-batteries-ts5398"
    },
    {
      "title": "CEC approved solar batteries, Clean Energy Regulator (published file)",
      "url": "https://cer.gov.au/document/cec-approved-solar-batteries-0"
    },
    {
      "title": "SA TS 5398:2025 release, Standards Australia",
      "url": "https://www.standards.org.au/news/standards-australia-releases-free-battery-safety-guide-to-help-australia-accelerate-its-transition-to-clean-energy"
    }
  ],
  "figures": [
    {
      "id": "expiry-distribution",
      "title": "Approved battery listings by expiry date",
      "unit": "listings",
      "provenance": {
        "dataSource": "Clean Energy Regulator, published Clean Energy Council approved battery file, read 18 August 2026",
        "dataType": "Observed",
        "scope": "All 3,526 rows in the published file",
        "statistic": "Count of listings"
      },
      "caption": "Counted by Solar Analytica from the published file. Dates parsed with the same rule the certifications pipeline uses.",
      "series": [
        {
          "label": "On 31 Dec 2027",
          "value": 2947
        },
        {
          "label": "Earlier dates",
          "value": 579
        },
        {
          "label": "After 31 Dec 2027",
          "value": 0
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}