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Bids up to 40p/kWh were accepted. Octopus bid only 17p/kWh.

I know there's someone who has wired CCS2 DC lines to a grid coupled high voltage battery inverter. He then uses a powerline modem which is coupled between the DC side and an Arduino to tell the car to close the CCS2 contactors in the same way this V2L device does. Seems to work fine. There's a YouT...

South facing 3.2kWp system: 429.8kWh (50.8% total generation)
North facing 3.6kWp system: 416kWh (49.2% total generation)

Total generation: 845.8 kWh

... and Octopus have recently launched their own AC charger - with no mention of any bidirection capability! https://octopus.energy/press/octopus-energy-launches-its-first-home-ev-charger/ and a link with a picture: https://www.current-news.co.uk/octopus-energy-releases-home-ev-charger/ This will pu...

Octopus' announcement of the BYD Dolphin including all home charging, £299/month on a lease. It's bidirectional and requires you plug in for X days/month. Quentin Wilson and Damon Hill there to launch it. Damon's daily is a Polestar and his other claim to fame (apart from winning a Formula One Worl...

The thing that made the biggest impression on me was the discussion with the head of the National Grid in Ukraine ... The fact that Ukraine's grid is still fully functional after having had basically all of its traditional centralised thermal power generation sites destroyed by Russia - they've bui...

Great to meet fellow forum members! The event was brilliant. My favourites from the agenda: Rory Sutherland's amazing keynote. Thought provoking, informative and funny. "Less lithium, more neon!" in reference to addressing range anxiety. He suggests that instead of ever increasing battery ...

dan_b wrote: ↑Thu Jun 12, 2025 4:38 pm I've ben offered a ticket as well. Could be fun to meet some fellow Knights!

So there are three of us Camelot members attending? It would be fun to meet in person. How are we coordinating?

The event is sold out now - it'll be busy.

Octopus were quite clear that if you're on IOG only the car charging would be credited. All other use would be peak rate. Octopus state your normal rate not peak rate That is very true. And of course, the "usual tariff price" (their words), if a charge is scheduled by Octopus, would be 7p...

So, my experience was; * Plug in at 1.55. * Got a schedule from 1.55 to 3.30pm. Car started charging. * At 2pm, Octopus sent a "Cancel boost" to my Zappi. * New schedule came through. 2pm to 3pm and then 4pm to 4.30pm * Car started charging. * I unplugged the car So this is what Octopus ef...