Jackery Is Already on European Shelves — and Home Energy Startups Missed It Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy launched its SolarVault 3 modular storage system across Europe in March 2026, exhibited at trade shows in Amsterdam and Lyon, and had already secured a Lidl supply deal before most European competitors registered the threat. With the Netherlands phasing out net metering in 2027, the timing is not accidental. ## What happened in China Shenzhen Hello Tech Energy — the parent company behind the Jackery brand — launched its SolarVault 3 series in the European market earlier this month. The product is a modular residential solar storage system designed for homes that already operate a photovoltaic setup. It came with AI-driven energy management that adapts to real-time electricity prices, a feature engineered not for a laboratory demo but for the specific financial logic of European energy consumers trying to arbitrage grid tariffs.…