Invested in solar panels? Great news for a carbon-neutral future, and your wallet.
Solar panels pay off especially when the sun is shining, i.e. around noon.
For a typical family, self-consumption is 28%*. The average injection rates for the period Jan- May ‘24 were 2.87c€/kWh where the average consumption rates were still 28c€/kWh, 10-fold!
So by increasing your self-consumption, by storing locally produced energy in your home battery, an electric boiler, or the electric car, you can firmly increase your self-consumption and save heavily on your bill!
And with the Energy manager, this is literally one button away from you.
We squeeze the last drop of energy out of your solar panels.
If your charging station allows it, the Energy manager makes sure charging is done at lower power levels, allowing you to store even more of your production in your EV.
That way, the charging session can be started earlier, and ended later. And will charge anyway even when the sun is less bright.
Another penny for your wallet, you're welcome!
Follow the sun Comfort (as from version 1.9.0)
In changing weather conditions, you will notice that charging in Follow the sun mode is regularly interrupted. To ensure that your car continues to charge, you can activate the Follow the sun Comfort option in the app.
When the sun disappears behind the clouds, your charging station will switch to the grid to continue charging the car. The energy manager ensures that a maximum of 1.4 kW (or 6 A) is consumed to charge your car without exceeding your maximum peak consumption. As soon as energy is generated again via your solar panels, priority is given to your own generated energy to charge the car.
Read here how to adjust your charge mode
Need more info on the ‘Peak shaving’ and 'Follow the peak' charge mode? Click here
And in 2026, we will go even further...
The Energy manager will also work predictively and adjust the charging schedule so that the maximum solar output goes to your car. So you can be sure that you are always charging in the greenest and cheapest way possible.
If the weather turns out to be unpredictable, no problem, because the Energy manager constantly monitors the weather forecast and adjusts the schedule accordingly.
And if you have a dynamic energy contract, and your solar inverter allows you to change its yield curve, the Energy manager makes sure that no injections are made into the grid at times when prices are negative. That's how you save again.
Yes, we know, sorry about the ‘lost’ green energy but rest assured there will be enough green power on the grid and by not putting it on the grid, you have just helped keep it in balance.
Read here how to adjust your charge mode
Need more info on the ‘Peak shaving’ and 'Follow the peak' charge mode? Click here
* Source: Flemish Government (article in Dutch)