Featured in Fruits of our labour – 03-2021

Smart meter disruption in Flanders

The installation of digital smart meters, in theory, could be extremely positive for the development of rooftop PV and energy communities, as smart meters allow customers to monitor their energy consumption and production, as well as their consumption habits. But the rollout of smart meters in parts of Belgium have left PV “prosumers” high and dry, with tariffs for solar feed in curtailed.
Emiliano Bellini
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Emiliano Bellini
Flemish parliament building in Brussels
After a 15-year grace period for PV system owners to install smart meters was ruled unconstitutional in January, the Flemish government has promised an alternative compensation scheme. | Image: Spotter2/Wikimedia

 The Flemish parliament building in Brussels. After a 15-year grace period for PV system owners to install smart meters was ruled unconstitutional in January, the Flemish government has promised an alternative compensation scheme. Recent regulatory developments in the Belgian macro-region of Flanders have shown that if smart meters are applied to rooftop PV consumers operating …

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