Energy control device for an energy network with a control unit for controlling an energy flow between the energy generator, the energy storage unit, the load unit and/or the energy network

The energy control device has an energy production unit (113), particularly photovoltaic unit, for producing energy from renewable resources and control unit (117) formed to steer the quantity of the energy, which is fed into the energy network as a function of the quantity of the energy, which is used by load unit. An independent claim is also included for a method for controlling operation of energy control device.