Generation

Prosumer

A user who both consumes and produces electricity at the same supply point, typically a household with solar panels. In Wallonia this status triggers the prosumer tariff and determines the regime applying to the injected surplus.

Also known as: prosumers

Source: ORES

Terms used in this definition

• Supply point
• Photovoltaic
• Prosumer tariff
• Injected surplus

In the same category

• Agrivoltaics
• Renewable energy
• Specific yield
• Storage

Articles that use this term

• Home battery: the price and the alternative
• Renting: the no-roof guide to solar
• Solar panels: nobody home during the day
• Solar surplus: the 5 options compared
• Solar panels 2026: still worth it in Wallonia?
• Cheaper electricity without switching supplier
• Which electricity tariff to choose in Belgium?
• Reduce your electricity bill: Wallonia 2026
• Why your electricity bill stays high in Belgium
• Internal transfer price in an energy community
• Energy self-consumption in Belgium
• Reduce your electricity bill: energy communities
• Energy communities in Belgium: CER, CEC, CEL

Go further

Solar panels: profitability and surplus — Decide whether to install based on your situation, then choose what to do with the electricity you do not use.

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