When Is a Battery Not Profitable?
A battery is not always profitable. Low consumption, no peaks, no solar panels? The payback period is too long. We calculate it honestly. And advise against it when it does not work.
Wanneer Werkt een Batterij Niet?
- 1
Uw verbruik is te vlat
No peaks, no savings. The capacity tariff is based on your highest quarter-hour peak. Low and stable? A battery can make little difference.
- 2
Uw pieken duren te kort
Peaks under 15 minutes are not measured by the digital meter (quarter-hour peak). If your peaks are shorter, Fluvius does not register them, and a battery cannot flatten them.
- 3
Uw PV-installatie is te klein
Too little own production. Without solar panels, there is little to charge the battery with at low cost.
- 4
Uw nettarief is al laag
Already have a favourable tariff? Then the margin for savings is too small.
- 5
Uw verbruik is puur seizoensgebonden
The battery sits idle for 8 months. A battery needs to cycle sufficiently to earn back the investment. Seasonal usage makes that difficult.
- 6
Uw contract bevat al een gunstige piekregeling
Some energy contracts already include an agreed peak arrangement. A battery then adds little to your grid costs.
- 7
De investering is te hoog voor uw verbruiksvolume
Too low an annual consumption. The fixed costs of a battery system then weigh too heavily on the payback period.
Wanneer Werkt een Batterij Wél?
For the other 60% of our enquiries, a battery is profitable. Typical situations:
- ✓Hoge, regelmatige pieken: productie, koeling, droging
- ✓Significante PV-installatie met laag zelfverbruik
- ✓Dynamisch energiecontract met EPEX-blootstelling
- ✓Seizoenspieken die het hele jaar het capaciteitstarief bepalen
- ✓Backup-behoefte: productieverlies bij stroomuitval
De Dealbreaker-Vraag
Ask every battery supplier: in what percentage of your enquiries do you advise the customer NOT to install a battery?
If the answer is zero, you are not being honestly advised.
At InduBa, the answer is: 40%.
Twijfelt U?
Perhaps your business does fit into the 60% that benefits. But there is no need to guess. Send your energy invoice or quarter-hour peak data. We run it on real data and give you an honest answer.
"In 40% of all simulation requests at InduBa, a battery turns out not to be profitable. In those cases we honestly advise the customer not to invest."