This Solar Smart Home Has Stopped Exporting To The Grid

Exporting solar power can now cost homeowners money in parts of Europe. In this video, we visit a smart home near Vienna where solar, batteries, EV charging and heating are designed around one goal: use what you produce and stay in control. If you’re dealing with negative feed-in tariffs or planning a future-proof home energy system, this real-world Victron Energy installation shows what self-consumption looks like in practice. ▬▬▬ 🎥 Video Chapters ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 00:00 Solar power that costs money to export 00:39 A smart home near Vienna 01:13 Energy prices visualised in the house 01:53 Why exporting solar no longer pays 02:24 Designing for self-consumption 02:38 Scaling the solar system step by step 03:25 When rooftop solar stresses the grid 03:45 Awareness changes how energy is used 04:36 From single-phase to three-phase power 05:18 Designing for reliability and safety 05:47 EV charging on solar surplus 06:25 Why vehicle-to-grid isn’t the answer 06:54 Heat pumps tied to solar production 07:42 Reliability, design, and long-term thinking 08:15 The real outcome of the system 08:50 What’s next: how solar controllers work ▬▬▬ Victron Energy Items Used ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ https://www.victronenergy.com/inverte... https://www.victronenergy.com/solar-c... https://www.victronenergy.com/communi... ▬▬▬ Getting Help ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ If you have technical questions, you can visit our support page at https://ve4.nl/support or contact your Victron dealer, distributor, or installer. You can also visit our Victron Community page to see if your question has already been answered. Alternatively, join the conversation to help others: https://ve4.nl/community #victron #victronenergy #solar