Generation

Storage

Temporarily holding energy, most often in a battery, to release it later. It raises the self-consumption rate by shifting consumption towards the hours when generation happens.

Also known as: battery

Source: OptimCE

Terms used in this definition

• Self-consumption rate

In the same category

• Agrivoltaics
• Photovoltaic
• Prosumer
• Renewable energy
• Specific yield

Articles that use this term

• Home battery: the price and the alternative
• Solar panels: nobody home during the day
• Farm roofs: the energy-sharing guide
• Energy sharing in a condominium: the guide
• Local electricity: the short-circuit guide
• Solar surplus: the 5 options compared
• Energy community: CWaPE documents and deadlines
• Solar panels 2026: still worth it in Wallonia?
• Energy poverty in Wallonia: available support
• Reduce your electricity bill: Wallonia 2026
• Engaging energy community members
• Energy self-consumption in Belgium
• Energy communities in Belgium: CER, CEC, CEL
• Install OptimCE: quick start guide
• Energy communities in Europe: RED II and IEMD

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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