What it earns
What does dimming earn you?
How much you get, how we calculate it fairly and when we pay out.
Three ways
Who dims determines what you get.
In the app you choose who may dim your solar panels. You can switch on more than one.
Dim along when the grid in your area is full.
Do you live in an area where your grid operator has solar panels dimmed? Then you receive compensation for the generation we dim. Whether this applies to your address, you see during sign-up right after entering your postcode and house number.
How often and how long we dim depends on the weather forecast and the expected electricity use in the region. We dim when there’s plenty of sun and little is being used.
- When
- Mostly at weekends and on public holidays, around midday
- Permission
- You give it when you sign up. After that the compensation comes automatically
- Payout
- Monthly, once you’re above € 5
No more paying when the price drops below zero.
If you have a dynamic contract and your electricity price is negative, we switch your panels off. Everything you use then comes from the grid at that negative price. As soon as the price is positive again, we switch your installation back to full power.
To calculate your price we take your energy supplier’s surcharge, net metering and taxes into account. You set yourself whether your feed-in in 2026 still falls under net metering. That’s the case if you use more than you feed in over the year. On 1 January 2027 net metering ends.
- When
- In every quarter-hour with a negative price
- Permission
- You switch it on yourself in the app
- Payout
- Not needed: you see the saving directly on your energy bill
Dim when your supplier asks for it.
Energy suppliers sometimes want to limit feed-in too, for example when the market price is negative. Once net metering ends in 2027, that becomes more important.
That’s why we’re working to make dimming part of smart energy contracts. This year we’re testing it together with energy suppliers.
- When
- The goal: from spring 2027, if your supplier takes part
- Permission
- You can already give it in the app
- Payout
- Through a lower energy bill. There is no fixed amount yet
Calculated fairly
Every dimmed kWh shows up in the app.
How much was dimmed
While dimming, your panels generate less. How much less, we calculate from your installation’s historical generation and the local solar irradiance measured by KNMI. That way we account for the orientation of your panels and the weather in your area.
Who pays the compensation
The party that has your solar panels dimmed pays the compensation, and we pay it out to you.