Becoming energy independent
How to rely less on your energy supplier step by step: generate, store and use power smartly with solar panels, a home battery and available schemes.
Becoming energy independent means generating, storing and using as much of your own power as possible. Solar panels are the first step; a home battery and smart use take you further.
Generate your own power
It starts with solar panels. During the day you generate your own power and use it directly. What you feed back is settled through net metering while the scheme applies. The more you generate and use yourself, the less you draw from the grid.
Store your own power
With a home battery you keep your surplus for the evening, when your panels deliver nothing. That way you use a larger share of your own power instead of feeding it back. This matters more as net metering is phased down.
Use power smartly
Running appliances when the sun shines, charging your car on your own power, and using cheap hours with a dynamic contract: all ways to rely less on the grid and on price swings.
Step by step
Going fully off-grid is unnecessary and uneconomical for most homes. It is about the right steps in the right order: first generate, then store and use smartly. We look together at what gives you the most in your situation.
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