ᐅ Experiences with Energy Cloud Services versus Feed-in Tariffs?

Hello dear forum members,

Our house construction plans were significantly disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, but you have to accept the trade-offs when pursuing something important. The good thing is we had enough time to calculate all the options and actually decided to give up our original plan of a gas boiler plus solar thermal system, as a heat pump combined with solar panels turns out to be more cost-effective over 20 years.

The current plan is:
Solid construction house, 148m2 (Kalksandstein – a type of calcium silicate brick – up to the roof ridge plus facing brick)
Air-source heat pump (Junkers Compress 7400)
Photovoltaic system plus battery storage (no provider chosen yet)

Our builder recently received an offer from Senec that includes a cloud tariff. It sounds great on paper, but both I and our builder are somewhat skeptical and are currently researching and calculating further. Unfortunately, I’ve also found contradictory information online.

Is the cloud system worthwhile, or is the classic system with feed-in tariff better?
What do you think? What are your experiences with electricity cloud systems?

Thanks in advance for your answers.

Ask yourself how reliable an offer can be when it is extremely difficult to find any information about the pricing on the website.

Micha8589 schrieb:

Is the cloud system worth it, or is the traditional system with feed-in tariff better?

Well, somehow the provider has to be paid. Can the cloud system really be cheaper?

The SENEC offer summarized:
I transfer the feed-in remuneration to the provider and thus receive the excess electricity produced in summer back in winter, allowing me to achieve “theoretical” 100% self-sufficiency. Using the cloud service requires a monthly fee...

The power cloud is a great business model for the provider. Instead of selling a product, they can establish a long-term, profitable business relationship with the customer. It’s definitely on trend.

Micha8589 schrieb:

and can thus “theoretically” achieve 100% self-sufficiency.

That’s obviously nonsense. Self-sufficiency has to do with physical independence, not accounting balance. For the latter, I can simply compare consumption with annual production.

As with all "cloud solutions"

The only one who benefits from it is the cloud provider. These are my experiences with cloud electricity!