Free toolBreak-even checker

Is your export rate worth it?

Find the minimum export rate that makes selling battery energy worthwhile. Enter your rates, battery size, and current charge to instantly see your break-even — and whether your rate clears it after replacement cost and battery wear.

Pylontech US5000: 9.6 kWh · Powerwall 2: 13.5 kWh

From your energy bill · average UK home: 2,700–3,500 kWh/year

Uses your import rate as the cost basis for break-even

80%

Current SoC

10%

Reserve — keep for home use

Used as the charge cost when the battery was filled from the grid

Export rate (p/kWh)

Export window

Caps exportable kWh to what your inverter can physically push in the window

Fill in battery capacity, annual usage, export rate, and any required charge-cost details to continue.

Break-even is calculated from your battery's charge cost (divided by round-trip efficiency) plus cycle wear (£0.035/kWh). If charged from solar, the cost basis is 0p — only wear applies. Home draw is estimated from your annual usage. Not financial advice.

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