Quick answer: Once your battery is full, your hybrid inverter stops charging it and sends excess solar energy to your home’s appliances first, then to the electricity grid, where your retailer may pay a feed-in tariff. If your network limits exports, the inverter turns down your panels and the surplus is simply not produced. Most guides that answer “how do solar batteries work” stop at charging and discharging. The practical question comes around midday, when the battery hits