Get paid to help the grid 
with your battery

It takes about 2 minutes to sign up. With your permission, Axle Energy will connect to your smart meter and SolarEdge battery. Axle Energy will then register your details with the grid operator. That's it - you don't need to do anything else!
 

Those that participated last winter earned £75 on average. Your earnings will vary based on the needs of the grid and the availability of your battery to support the grid in times of need.

To be eligible, you’ll need to be in Great Britain, and have a SolarEdge battery at home or at a business where you hold authority over electricity and battery use. You're not eligible if your battery is controlled by another service or home automation system.

Different local grids need help at different times. How much your battery is used will depend on your location and other factors, like your battery State of Charge at times of need.
 

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Participation is fully automated - you don’t need to do anything once you've signed up. You’ll still make the most of your solar generation, if you have solar panels.

We'll always take your tariff into account when adjusting your charging, so if we need to charge the battery, we'll do so at the cheapest time for you.

We need to connect to your battery so we can automatically adjust your battery charging/discharging when the grid is strained.

When you sign up, our partner Axle Energy will connect to your smart meter and SolarEdge battery. You don't need to do anything else.

If we used your battery, we’ll pay you £0.20-£2.00 per kWh, relative to a baseline of how much energy you normally use at that time. The price per kWh will vary based on the needs of your local grid and the price the grid operator is paying for support.

At the end of each month that you've participated we'll email you with a link to your balance page. You can access this balance page at any time.

You can cash out your earnings once your balance is more than £10. We’ll also ask you to cash out at the end of the programme.

You can cash out your earnings once your balance is more than £10. We'll pay you via bank transfer.

Events are whenever the grid is strained; this is most commonly in the evenings over winter, but can happen at any time of day and any day of the year. 

We'll adjust your charge schedule as necessary and then reset it immediately after the event. You can also re-adjust the schedule from the MySolarEdge app if it doesn’t suit your needs.

We will sometimes discharge your battery to help the grid. We'll never discharge your battery below the Reserve limit you set in your MySolarEdge app.

Yes. If you have solar, your battery will still charge with your solar generation, which will then be used to power your home.

We'll send you an email letting you know we'll be making changes to your battery. At the end of each month, we'll let you know what events you've participated in, and how much you've earned.

If you’d like to fully opt out, send an email to ukflex@solaredge.com, with the subject line “Opt Out”, and include your name and address.

This won't impact your import or export tariff - this is entirely independent of your tariff. You'll still be paid to export under your tariff, and your earnings through this program will be in addition to that.

Yes! We'll always take your tariff into account when adjusting your charging. If we shift your charging from off-peak to peak or export from peak to off-peak, we'll compensate you. Note that this isn't compatible with any tariffs that control your battery. 

We'll respond to signals from the Electricity System Operator (ESO) and your local Distribution System Operator (DSO). The ESO is responsible for the whole of the UK. There are 6 DSOs in the UK, and all of them run programmes to limit strain on the grid.

This programme doesn’t have an end date. Grids are typically more strained in the winter.

Yes. You will always be able to manually override any settings that we send.