The settlement option for the Szaldó-system will be no longer available

What does this mean in practice?

For example, in the summer, during the day, when the sun is shining and our solar system produces more electricity than we consume immediately, locally, we will not be able to hand over the resulting excess to the electricity supplier in the future and "take it back" later, in the evening or even in winter. If we don't do anything with the excess, the part of the generated electricity that is not immediately used will simply be lost.

The final days of the Szaldó-system

We have read the news that in many places the solar panel settlement has practically ceased, but the above decision makes this situation general. It was already known that the Szaldó settlement would have ended on January 1, 2024, at the latest anyway, so "only" that this change happened sooner (and unexpectedly). It was stated in the government information that after the necessary network development, the government will enable the supply again in the future, but due to the 2024 deadline and the time and money required for network development, I do not think it is worth building on this. If we don't want to give up the use of (household) solar energy, we should find a solution to this problem sooner or later anyway.

What's next?

Although there are opinions that with this decision the government will "exterminate" the installed solar systems, but I think the situation is not so tragic. It is certain that the cost of building a new solar system will increase because of this, and thus the payback time (until the system produces the money we invested in building it) will be longer, but the possible solution has definite advantages.

If we add a battery to our planned (or even existing!) solar system, we can gain several things:

• Security of supply: many people don't know, but a battery-less solar system automatically shuts down when the external power supply is lost. In other words, even though we have our own solar system, if the power goes out in the street, we will also be left without electricity. This problem is eliminated by a battery and the right inverter, so we have electricity even when others don't.
• Shorter payback time: sooner or later everyone will exit the balance settlement system (or will not enter it at all). Without a balance sheet and battery, a solar system only makes sense if you consume a lot of electricity during the day (when the sun is shining), but this is not the case in most households. In such a situation (without the right solution), only the amount invested in the solar system pays off for a very long time (or not at all). A battery helps with this since we can use the electricity produced during the day but not consumed in the evening/night, so nothing will be lost. and we only need to buy electricity from an external source if the daily consumption is greater than our daily production.