Solar generation
Four PV panels, generation monitoring and weather-based solar forecasting.
SOLAR / FORECASTINGExplore hardware →Explore hardware → A PERSONAL ENERGY PROJECT
Making the most of
the energy around me.
Solar generation, battery storage, intelligent automation and electricity pricing. All brought together in one home-built system.
Designed, developed and continually improved at home.
THE AGILEPI PROJECT
SYSTEM OVERVIEWEnergy ecosystem
Solar PV4 solar panels
↘EcoFlowBattery storage
↔HomeEnergy consumption
Octopus AgileTime-of-use pricing
1.83 kWpInstalled solar panel capacity
04Solar PV panels
01EcoFlow Stream Ultra X
01Raspberry Pi 3 B+
01 / THE PROJECTA little project that
A little project that
grew into something bigger.
I built AgilePi to make better use of my solar generation, battery storage and electricity tariff. What started as a collection of scripts and experiments has gradually developed into a much bigger home energy management project.
It brings together live energy information, historical data, weather forecasts and Octopus Agile electricity prices to help make smarter decisions about when to store, use and draw energy.
Everything runs on hardware and software I've put together myself. There is plenty still to improve, and that's half the enjoyment.
02 / UNDER THE BONNETThe technology
The technology
behind the project.
Battery storage
EcoFlow Stream Ultra X monitoring, charging schedules and battery optimisation.
ECOFLOW / MQTTExplore hardware →Explore hardware →Octopus Agile
Electricity pricing, forecasting and automated decisions based on changing tariffs.
OCTOPUS / AUTOMATIONExplore software →Explore software →AgilePi controller
Python scripts, SQLite databases and a Raspberry Pi coordinating the system.
PYTHON / RASPBERRY PIExplore software →Explore software →03 / ON THE WORKBENCHAlways something
Always something
to improve.
This project is constantly evolving. New ideas, software changes, experiments and the occasional debugging session are all part of the process.
01Live system monitoringEnergy data and system status
02Historical performanceSolar, battery and electricity data
03Automated energy controlSmarter charging and scheduling
04Documentation and developmentHow it works and what's changing
Built at home. Run out of curiosity.
I'm interested in electronics, computing and finding ways to make technology do something useful. AgilePi brings all three together in one ongoing project.
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