eingespeister

Eingespeister is a German term used to describe electrical energy that has been fed into the public electricity grid. The word is derived from einspeisen (to feed in) and is commonly found in technical and regulatory texts as eingespeister Strom or eingespeiste Energie.

In practice, eingespeister energy comes from distributed or decentralized generation sources that connect to the grid, such as rooftop photovoltaic systems, small-scale wind turbines, biogas plants, or energy stored in batteries that is discharged into the grid. The term emphasizes the act of injection into the network rather than consumption.

Regulatory context: The concept is central to grid access, compensation mechanisms, and balancing responsibilities in many German-speaking markets. In Germany, for example, the EEG (Erneuerbare-Energien-Gesetz) provides remuneration schemes and priority for electricity fed into the grid, which results in a large share of eingespeister energy from renewable sources. The term is primarily used in technical, regulatory, and industry settings rather than everyday speech.

Notes: The more common noun forms are Einspeisung (infeed or feed-in) and Einspeisevergütung (feed-in tariff). Eingespeister is thus chiefly a descriptive label for energy delivered to the grid rather than energy used on site.