Author: insum

EU enforcement of imported batteries is real: a responsible operator, importer checks, customs holds and Safety Gate recalls. What to verify before you buy.

Capacity mechanisms now pay for available MW across the EU. What Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain and Poland pay — and what a home battery can actually earn.

Wholesale prices may fall by 2030, but bills may not. What EU price scenarios, rising grid fees and policy cliffs mean for home battery sizing in 2027-2030.

The EU recovery fund closes in 2026. Which home battery subsidy windows are still open, what decommitment means for buyers, and what replaces the RRF.

A 0 kW export cap is now a standard EU connection condition. How zero-export limits are set, what they do to battery sizing, and how to stay compliant.

Flooding is Europe’s costliest climate hazard. Where home batteries may sit, how high to mount them, and what insurers and national law require in 2026.

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania left the Russian grid in February 2025. What desynchronisation means for Baltic home battery economics, grants and sizing in 2026.

Solar curtailment in the EU reached 9.4 TWh in Germany and over 6 TWh in Spain in 2026. How a home battery captures the lost midday kWh, and what it cannot fix.

From 31 December 2026, EU buildings over 250 square metres must carry solar. What the EPBD rooftop mandate means for battery sizing, economics and payback.

EU ETS2 carbon pricing begins with early auctions in 2027. What a EUR 45-90/tCO2 price means for heating bills, heat pumps and home battery payback in the EU.