Feed in PV electricity and receive remuneration

Consulting and planning

Larger installations require a thorough overall assessment

For companies, roof area, load profile, connected load, self-consumption and feed-in capacity affect economic viability.

If your PV system produces more electricity than your business consumes at the same time, you can feed surplus energy into the public grid. Especially for larger systems, it is worth checking grid capacity, metering concept, self-consumption, possible mergers and remuneration model at an early stage. This helps you avoid delays with the connection and creates a reliable basis for investment decisions.

Remuneration models

Which solution is right for your PV system?

Different models may be suitable depending on output, consumption profile and objectives.

For companies, it is not only the feed-in tariff that is relevant. Self-consumption is often particularly attractive from an economic perspective; in addition, feed-in remuneration, dynamic purchase remuneration, guarantees of origin or models for sharing electricity can be assessed.

Feed-in remuneration

Sell surplus electricity to BKW

Electricity that you do not use yourself can be fed into the BKW grid and remunerated according to the feed-in tariff. For larger systems, the capacity category and market price logic are particularly important.

Dynamic purchase remuneration

Use hourly market prices

For suitable systems, dynamic remuneration based on the hourly electricity market price can be attractive. It reflects the value of the feed-in more accurately and should be taken into account in the profitability calculation.

Guarantees of origin

Market ecological added value

A guarantee of origin can be issued for every kilowatt hour produced. Depending on the installation and marketing strategy, this can add to the economic benefit.

Share electricity

Self-consumption across multiple parties

For sites, commercial properties or mixed-use buildings, self-consumption communities or virtual models may be relevant in order to make better use of locally produced electricity.

Larger PV systems often feed in significantly more power than typical household systems. It must therefore be checked whether the existing grid connection and the upstream grid infrastructure allow the desired feed-in. If expansion measures are required, the schedule may be extended.

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Procedure

From planning to remuneration

For companies, a structured approach with a specialist partner, grid assessment and selection of an economically viable model is recommended.

Your specialist partner submits the required technical documents. BKW checks the connection, feed-in capacity and any grid expansions. In parallel, self-consumption, load management, storage options, grouping models, guarantees of origin and funding programmes such as one-off remuneration, cantonal or municipal subsidies should be taken into account in the investment calculation.

Frequently asked questions

Questions about feed-in and remuneration

The key points for companies with larger PV systems.

Not necessarily. Feed-in depends on the available grid capacity at the connection point and in the distribution grid. In addition, for new PV systems from 1 January 2026, the grid-supportive feed-in regulation applies, with a maximum of 70 per cent of the installed module capacity.

This depends on capacity, production profile, self-consumption and risk appetite. For many companies, a combination of high self-consumption, return delivery remuneration, dynamic purchase remuneration and guarantees of origin is worth examining.

Depending on the installation, national subsidies such as the one-off remuneration as well as cantonal, municipal or industry-specific subsidy programmes may be relevant. These should be taken into account in the profitability calculation, but are not linked individually here.

BKW then checks the necessary measures for the connection line and distribution grid. Depending on the level of expansion, implementation may be delayed. An early preliminary check provides planning certainty.

Downloads

Feed-in documents

Documents and information about grid-friendly feed-in and remuneration for energy fed back into the grid.

For companies with larger PV systems, feed-in control, compensation for electricity fed back into the grid and the current price sheets are particularly relevant.