30-09-2016 12:45 via theverge.com

Save on Tesla Powerwall home batteries by joining a ‘virtual power plant’

Powering your home from sunlight is a dream shared by many, but cost prohibitive for most. Solar energy might be free, but only after you pay for the panels, inverters, and storage systems, and pay someone to install it all. But what if you could subsidize some of the upfront cost by agreeing to sell back a fraction of your power to the grid? That’s the idea behind CrowdNett, a new energy service announced today by Eneco in The Netherlands.
An estimated 400,000 homes in The Netherland
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