Home batteries are booming: here’s what it means for the connected home
The number of home batteries connected to Enode has more than quadrupled this year. Electric vehicles (EVs) remain the largest category, but the growth in batteries points to a broader shift: more homes now have several energy devices that can work together.
For retailers, the multi-device household opens up a lot more opportunities. Now, the challenge is in understanding and managing the coordinated home, rather than treating each EV, battery, heat pump or inverter as a separate source of flexibility.
From independent assets to coordinated homes
Batteries are useful for flexibility because they remain in the home and can both store and discharge energy. They give retailers another way to shift energy across the day, alongside EVs, heat pumps, solar and other flexible assets.
As the mix of devices grows, the household becomes more important than any individual asset. A home might have an EV today, then add solar and a battery, or replace its boiler with a heat pump. Each device has its own constraints and usage patterns, but they all operate within the same household.
Managing each category through a separate integration becomes more difficult as that mix expands. Retailers need a way to understand and coordinate the devices their customers use, across different brands and technologies. That’s where Enode comes in.
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