Net metering ends in January: what that means for home batteries

Dutch households with solar panels have less than two months left under the salderingsregeling, the net metering scheme that lets them offset the electricity they feed into the grid against the electricity they use. The Senate voted to scrap it in December 2024, and from January 1 2027 that offsetting ends. Suppliers will still have to pay at least half the bare electricity price for power fed back until 2030, but the value of solar power will lie increasingly in using it at home rather than exporting it.

For the roughly three million Dutch homes with panels, that puts storage firmly on the agenda. And as solar panels and home batteries become more common, many consumers are looking for more than storage capacity: they want products that fit their homes, suit their lifestyles and make energy management easier.

For SAMDUO, a home energy brand focused on European households, this challenge starts with a simple question: how should energy storage be designed when the home, rather than the technology itself, becomes the starting point?

The answer combines an established industrial foundation with a new consumer-oriented perspective shaped by entrepreneurship, climate studies and direct engagement with European households.

From industry to homes
Although SAMDUO is a relatively young consumer-facing brand, it builds on the industrial foundation of its parent group, which brings nearly three decades of manufacturing experience and more than 20 years of expertise in power systems and energy storage.

This background spans engineering, manufacturing, quality management and supply-chain coordination, providing the capabilities needed to develop and deliver reliable energy solutions.

In 2022, the group set up a dedicated energy-storage business unit, marking a more systematic move into clean energy and household storage. As technology development, product planning and market research progressed, SAMDUO began developing as an independent brand focused on European households in 2024.

The ambition was not simply to bring existing industrial products to consumers, but to translate established engineering and manufacturing capabilities into energy solutions designed around everyday household needs.

That also requires understanding consumers, developing products for different living environments, building intuitive software and establishing local market connections.

SAMDUO’s product range
Alongside its industrial foundation, SAMDUO is developing capabilities in consumer-focused product design, software and international market development. By connecting engineering expertise with a deeper understanding of household needs, the company aims to make complex energy technology practical, accessible and relevant to everyday life.

Rather than simply adapting industrial equipment for residential use, SAMDUO approaches home energy storage from the end user’s perspective, bringing together engineering expertise, product innovation and intelligent energy management.

Designing for real homes
Research into European households has shown that technical specifications only tell part of the story.

A battery may offer substantial storage capacity, but that does not necessarily make it suitable for every home. Available wall space, narrow corridors, stairs, equipment access and installation conditions can all influence whether a product works in practice.

Appearance and everyday operation matter too. A home battery becomes part of the household environment, and its design should take this into account.

This thinking shaped the development of SAMDUO’s Nex E6000 Series.

The Nex E6000 combines around 6kWh of storage capacity with a slim profile of 11.9cm. Its design won a 2026 Red Dot Design Award.

The Nex E6000 has a slim design developed for real household environments

The principle is that energy storage should adapt to the home, rather than the home adapting to industrial equipment.

SAMDUO has also developed the Nex E6000H, which takes a different approach to placement. Measuring 520 × 300 × 320mm, it is compact enough for corners and other underused spaces.

Together, the two products show how one product family can respond to different home layouts and space requirements.

Both models are AC-coupled, which means they can work alongside existing solar installations without the existing solar inverter having to be replaced.

The Nex E6000H is a compact option for households with different space and placement needs.

Beyond the battery
For SAMDUO, the longer-term ambition goes beyond individual storage products.

A home battery is only one part of a household energy system. How electricity is generated, stored, consumed and managed throughout the day also matters.

This is where software and intelligent energy management become increasingly important.

SAMDUO Intelligence uses information such as electricity tariffs, weather forecasts, solar generation forecasts, household consumption patterns and battery status to create and continuously update a rolling 24-hour energy plan.

Rather than leaving households to manage charging and discharging manually, the system helps determine when the battery should charge or discharge, making better use of available solar energy and periods of lower-priced electricity.

Through the SAMDUO app, users can monitor energy data and adjust settings. The brand also supports an Open API approach, allowing integration with supported smart-home platforms such as Home Assistant and Homey.

These capabilities reflect a broader shift in home energy storage: from simply storing electricity towards actively managing how a household uses it.

The SAMDUO app lets households monitor and manage their energy use

Closer to everyday life
As the European energy market evolves, household energy solutions will need to respond to different electricity tariffs, solar installations, living arrangements and local requirements.

For SAMDUO, the challenge is to connect established industrial capabilities with these everyday realities.

The brand’s philosophy, expressed through the words “Own Your Power”, reflects the idea that households should have greater visibility and control over how their energy is produced, stored and used.

By combining manufacturing experience, entrepreneurial thinking and insights from European households, SAMDUO aims to make energy storage a more practical and natural part of everyday living.

Ultimately, the ambition is not simply to put more batteries into homes, but to make intelligent energy management accessible to more households.