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Automating Octopus Power-ups
One of the challenges of renewable energy is matching demand to supply. In other words, when it’s sunny and windy, more energy is generated than is required, at certain points in the day. This can be stored for later use, but this infrastructure is expensive and can take a long time to provision. An alternative…
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Intelligent Octopus: minimise peak rate charging your Tesla with Home Assistant
Intelligent Octopus is one of Octopus Energy’s tariffs designed for EVs. Owners allow Octopus to decide when their car is going to charge, and get a low rate (7.5p/kWh) from 23:30 to 05:30 – and any other times that Octopus chooses to charge the car. This low rate applies to all consumption (not just car…