Eneco presents home battery deal with benefits for customers and the electrical grid

Eneco is offering up to 50% discount on home battery purchase prices to bring them within easier reach. The deal makes it possible for households to use more of their own self-produced solar electricity, while also compensating them financially if they agree to have their batteries controlled to make smarter and more efficient use of the electrical grid.
 

With the net metering scheme being abolished soon, Eneco can help customers with solar panels to make the best possible use of their self-produced electricity. Home battery storage easily increases that use from 30% to 70% of the self-produced energy, making a significant difference in the customer’s electricity bill, both for the costs and for the taxes. With this in mind, Eneco has joined with Sessy, Enphase and HomeWizard to offer a range of different home batteries with discounts of up to 50% on the purchase price.

All those home batteries together can make a huge difference towards a more efficient use of the electrical grid. Customers can choose for smart control of their batteries, either with Eneco BuurtSturing to relieve the load on the local grid or with Eneco BatterijSturing to support the national grid. Thanks to the combination of the discounted purchase price and the fees for smart control, the outlay for home battery storage can be recouped within about six years.

“By offering this deal, Eneco hopes to make home battery storage part of the overall energy system,” explains Eneco’s COO Selina Thurer. “This will benefit our customers’ energy bills, the available capacity of the electrical grid in the neighbourhood and the use of sustainable energy in the national grid. Together, we can accelerate the energy transition.”

One battery, two forms of smart control
If the customer purchases a Sessy or Enphase home battery, they can also use it for Eneco BuurtSturing, in partnership with the local grid operator. In areas where the local electrical grid is under pressure, the battery is automatically controlled when this helps to relieve the load. Besides helping to improve the use of the local electrical grid, the battery’s owner is compensated with a fee ranging from 60 euros per year to a maximum of 270 euros, depending on which type of battery they have.

Customers with a fixed or variable electricity contract can also opt for Eneco BatterijSturing, where the battery is used not only for the customer’s energy use, but also to support the national electrical grid through smart use of the electricity on the energy market. Customers with this form of control receive a fee of at least 60 euros per year, which can rise to 225 euros per year from extra returns generated on the energy market.

To find out more, visit (Dutch only): Buying a home battery from Eneco | Store your self-produced solar energy for use later