Electricity spot price
On the day-ahead market the electricity price is set for every quarter hour of the next day (since 1 October 2025; before that for whole hours). The gap between cheap and expensive quarter hours is what a controlled battery earns from.
What a day on the spot market looks like
Around midday solar PV pushes the price towards zero; in the morning and evening demand keeps it high. A controlled battery charges in the green hours and discharges in the expensive ones.
What the spot price means for a business
Businesses with a dynamic or spot contract pay for electricity according to the hour in which they use it. Around midday, when solar output is high, the price is low and sometimes negative; in the morning and evening it is high.
A controlled battery buys in cheap hours and discharges in expensive ones, or shifts fleet charging and process loads away from the peak. EnergoMind knows the prices for the next day and plans accordingly.
What it means for a household
Most households have a fixed price, so the spot price affects them indirectly: through the feed-in price for surplus and through the terms of virtual batteries, which do not credit surplus exported during negative-price periods.
A physical battery and managing consumption around your own generation are therefore a safer route than speculating on the market.
An assessment from your data
Send your invoice and interval data. We will calculate what a battery and control will bring for your peaks and prices.
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