The Sunny Home Manager 2.0 is SMA’s intelligent energy manager and enables the most efficient use of solar energy in the home. It optimizes PV self-consumption and significantly reduces electricity costs. To do this, it measures the power of PV generation, purchased electricity as well as grid feed-in, and gives an overview of all relevant energy flows in the household. By means of local PV generation forecasts and the measured household consumption profile, the self-learning device prompts the user with energy-related action recommendations. Operation of the controlled appliances is coordinated in a way to optimize the use of self-generated solar energy