Sun, 09 Aug 2026 22:38:05 +0100 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/ Lussumo Vanilla 1.0.3 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17117&Focus=290438#Comment_290438 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17117&Focus=290438#Comment_290438 Tue, 06 Jul 2021 11:47:21 +0100 jms452
For example I found an app called Octopus Compare that I can code to my smart meter and look at what different tariffs would cost me. I can also see from the Octopus dashboard my usage and export in half hourly blocks so this data should also be available with the right logins.

So there must be some cool apps out there that monitor, advise, correlate but when I search I'm mainly finding proprietary software that talks to specific brand inverters.

Any recommendations?]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17117&Focus=290469#Comment_290469 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17117&Focus=290469#Comment_290469 Wed, 07 Jul 2021 21:01:38 +0100 jms452 https://guylipman.medium.com/iphone-apps-for-octopus-energy-customers-3ee9aba820c6?p=4d4c84b2bc33]]> https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17117&Focus=310994#Comment_310994 https://www.greenbuildingforum.co.uk/newforum/comments.php?DiscussionID=17117&Focus=310994#Comment_310994 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 20:01:39 +0100 stonecold
Do you have a battery with its own inverter? There are usually free apps or cloud platforms for those which will give you more detail often in 1 to 5 min slots.

There are a few companies doing Smart Tariffs where you can handover some control for them to export excess at peak payment times and import with cheaper (any EV tariff will do cheap import for winter battery charging). AxleEnergy is the other one I've heard of.

Given what I've seen on my first year with solar PV I feel I'm getting the current info I need for decisions over the next few days very easily, and the string inverters are logging and summarizing meter readings of generation per day / month / year etc. Thanks to the shite state of the electricity network we are limited to 3.6kwh export rates, and the main gains for us are in winter doing laundry or EV charging on the better days, and in summer doing them and how water at peak light times. (Nice size battery helps in winter and we export daft amounts full May to Sep).]]>