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HEIDELBERG Energy Control Plus, 11 kW, § 14a compliant, 7.5 m, no app review

An 11 kW charger with a stainless steel front and no application, compliant with the German § 14a EnWG requirement for grid operator power reduction, networkable across sixteen units.

By Jean-Benoit Buisson

The bottom line The only charger here that names the regulation it must satisfy and describes how it satisfies it, and the only one built for a building rather than a driveway. It has no app at all, which it says in the title.

An 11 kW charger that answers to a regulation rather than to a phone.

The rule, named

§ 14a EnWG. German law requires controllable consumers — charging stations included — to give the grid operator a means of reducing their power, and this charger provides two. Eight chargers on this shelf; one names the obligation.

It is a German rule, and the listing does not say so. Other countries have their own arrangements, and none of them is answered by this product’s compliance with a German one.

Sixteen units

Load management across up to sixteen networked wallboxes, sharing the available energy evenly. That is a specification for a building — an apartment block, a workplace — rather than for a driveway, and nothing else here approaches it.

No app

Stated in the title, deliberately. No cloud service, no account, nothing to be withdrawn. Also no remote start, no phone scheduling and no consumption history. The trade is explicit.

The construction

Stainless steel front, indoor and outdoor, five-year warranty. It is built as a fixture rather than as an accessory, which is what distinguishes it from the seven portable chargers beside it.

Availability

German, French and Italian Amazon stores quoted 412 € to 528 € when this page was compiled.

American, British and Spanish Amazon catalogues carry an entry for it, with nobody selling.

These figures are what Keepa reported on the day this page was last updated. Availability and pricing move without notice.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 16 September 2026. The live price is at the top of the page.

What it gets right, and what it leaves out

Strengths

The only charger on this shelf to name the regulation that governs it — § 14a EnWG — and to describe the control options it provides
Load management across up to sixteen networked units, for a building rather than a driveway
A five-year warranty and a stainless steel front rated for indoor and outdoor use

Compromises

No application, stated in the title — deliberate, and a limitation for anyone wanting remote control
No solar surplus charging
§ 14a EnWG is a German rule, and the listing does not qualify it as such

Specifications

Charging power	Up to 11 kW for vehicles with a standard Type 2 socket, second bullet
Phases	Nowhere in the listing
Cable or socket	7.5 m cable, from the title
Load management	Up to 16 networked wallboxes sharing the available energy evenly, fourth bullet
Solar surplus charging	None
Metering	Nowhere in the listing
Stated protection requirements	Absent as a protection requirement; § 14a EnWG compliance with two control options for grid operator power reduction is stated in the first bullet — the ONLY charger here to name the regulation
Amazon reference	B0DJD417BP (same reference on 6 Amazon marketplaces)
EAN	4262361040620

Questions owners ask about this one

What is § 14a EnWG?

A German regulation requiring controllable consumers — charging stations among them — to offer the grid operator a way to reduce their power. A charger that provides that control can be operated legally under the rule; one that cannot may not be. It is a German provision, and other countries have their own arrangements.

Is having no app a drawback?

It depends what you want. No app means no cloud dependency, no account and nothing to stop working when a service is withdrawn. It also means no remote start, no scheduling from a phone and no consumption history. This listing states the absence in its title rather than hiding it.