Analysis
Home Battery Economics under the Capacity Tariff
Twelve real Flemish bills, twelve months of meter data, one conclusion: the capacity tariff rewards a battery handsomely in some homes and does almost nothing in others. The […]
Are Chinese Home Batteries Reliable? The Data Report
We asked 1,200 homeowners and audited the RMA records of 18 brands. The answer to the title’s question is yes — with one asterisk the size of a […]
Storage Strategies for the Dynamic Tariff Era
Same homes, same batteries, three strategies: AI dispatch, a timer, and nothing at all. After a full year across 22 households, the gap between the best and the […]
The End of Net Metering: A Dutch Homeowner’s Playbook
Salderen is over. A million Dutch households with solar panels are now doing new maths — and the honest answer to “should I add a battery” is: it […]
Solar + Battery + EV + Heat Pump: The Integrated Home, Costed
Four all-electric homes, twelve months of data. Solar, battery, EV and heat pump genuinely do multiply each other’s value — and 40% of the integrated installs we audited […]
Home EV Charging, From 3.7 to 22 kW: A Rational Guide
90% of homes do not need 22 kW. Here is the decision tree that gets you to the right charger in four questions — and the reason the […]
Quote Check: 7 Assumptions Your Installer Won’t Flag
We re-ran the maths on 31 real installer quotes from Flanders and Wallonia. Seven assumptions keep appearing that installers do not flag — and they quietly add €800 […]
Balcony Solar: Belgium’s Plug-and-Play Rules, Read Properly
Belgium legalised the simplest solar product there is — plug it in, register it, done. A year in, balcony solar is the volume story nobody in the industry […]
6% or 21%: Europe’s VAT Discount Map for Home Energy
The same €12,000 home energy project costs €720 more or €1,600 less depending on a single invoice line. Europe’s VAT discount map is the most valuable document your […]
Hybrid vs AC-Coupled: The Inverter Decision That Changes Everything
The same battery can lose 6–9% of its yearly yield to a decision most buyers never see: hybrid or AC-coupled. We measured both across three real homes, and […]