Off-grid gear
Solar Electrical & Monitoring
The balance-of-system parts that decide whether an array performs. Every link goes straight to the maker — no marketplace middlemen.
Rated for Europe: 230V single phase or 400V three phase, CE marking, and a maker you can get parts and service from without shipping across the Atlantic. The United States runs a separate list.
Size it first
Solar Sizing Calculator
Daily kWh in, array kW, panel count, battery bank and inverter size out. Buy against your own numbers, not a guess.
Victron Energy
SmartSolar MPPT & SmartShunt
Dutch, sold and supported everywhere in Europe — the default charge control and battery monitoring for an off-grid build here.
Visit Victron EnergySMA Solar
Sunny Island & Sunny Boy
The German battery inverter that runs a stand-alone AC grid, with a service network in most European countries.
Visit SMA SolarFronius
GEN24 hybrid inverters
Austrian hybrids with a genuine backup output, built for the 230V single-phase and 400V three-phase supplies Europe actually has.
Visit FroniusK2 Systems
Roof and ground mounting
Mounting rated to European wind and snow loads, with the structural calculation a building-control officer can read.
Visit K2 SystemsRenusol
Flat-roof and ballast systems
Ballasted frames for the flat concrete roofs and terraces that southern Europe is full of.
Visit RenusolThe picks
The exact models the calculators name
Run the numbers first — the Solar Sizing Calculator filters these to your result. Street-price bands, checked recently, not list prices.
- Victron MultiPlus-II 48/5000 — the European standard inverter/charger — 230V native, deep monitoring, installer support in every country. €1,600+ · View
- Growatt SPF 5000 ES — the 230V budget all-in-one that made whole-home off-grid a four-figure project. €800–1,000 · View
- Pylontech US5000 4.8kWh — the de-facto European rack standard — 8,000 cycles at 95% depth of discharge, stackable. €1,200–1,500 · View
- Fogstar Energy 48V 15.5kWh — the UK-market budget benchmark — one rack unit holding three Pylontechs’ capacity. €2,800 (£2,400) · View
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