Plain definitions of the words that keep turning up when you compare home batteries, tariffs and installs in the UK. Each entry below is a short page of its own. Longer Habo guides sit behind them when you want the worked example.
Battery basics
Tariffs and pricing
Grid and rules
Short linked entries
These stay brief on purpose. Each line is a plain definition; the linked guide holds the detail.
Related Habo guides
For tariff choice, see best tariffs for battery storage and which Octopus tariff for a battery. For install and network rules, see home battery installation rules, G98 vs G99, G99 applications, installer checks and smart meter compensation. For savings maths, see how much a home battery can save and the savings calculator. Habo's Go figures are best-case homepage maths for a 5 kWh EcoFlow STREAM on Octopus Go, which needs an EV charged at home (Go terms clause 2.1.3). For sizing, see what size battery. For solar retrofits, see home battery storage for solar panels. Habo's offer is an electrician-wired EcoFlow STREAM from £2,499. Join the waitlist.
New glossary pages will land here as Habo publishes them. If a longer guide already covers a term in depth, the glossary entry stays short and points to that guide instead of repeating it.
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Short definitions of home battery terms used on Habo Energy guides. Each entry links to a fuller page when you want the detail.
Yes. This hub now covers battery basics, tariffs and pricing, grid and rules, and short linked entries that point to fuller Habo guides.
From the best-case homepage maths for a 5 kWh EcoFlow STREAM on Octopus Go, which needs an EV charged at home. Open the calculator to run your own rates.
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