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Peaqev aims at lowering the household's peak energy charges, targeted at charging an electronic vehicle (EV) below a dynamic threshold. Peaqev covers 26 different energy companies in Sweden, Norway and Belgium and two types of ev chargers (2021-11-08) You will get the best experience with a supported charger that can update amps while charging, as well as using a connected power meter that update your total power draw frequently. Examples of such meters are:
- Shelly 3EM
- Tibber Watty
- Tibber Pulse
The integration does not communicate with any proprietary API's. However, the chargers selected will use the integrations set for them, and may include cloud polling of data.
For usage-examples and more in-depth explanations, see the Wiki:
Required to install is Home Assistant version 2022.10.5 or higher.
Preferred if you have HACS installed is to search for Peaqev there.
Otherwise you may:
- Copy
custom_components/peaqevfolder to<config_dir>/custom_components/peaqev/ - Restart Home assistant
- Go to Configuration > Devices & Services > Add integration
Peaqev has two types of installations: Regular and Lite. Regular is much more precise, but requires an installed power sensor while Lite does not.
Installation type- Pick Lite if you do not have a power meter installed. Peaqev will then charge the allowed hourly amount set further down in "Months". Otherwise pick Regular
Power sensor- The wattage reading sensor for your connected powermeter. Must be in Watts (W)Power sensor includes car- Check this option if the above sensor includes your car's power draw
City, or Grid owner company- The characteristics differ in how peak hours are stored and measuredCharger type- Pick the installed ev charger you have. Check table below for required custom component and features per charger typeCharger id- Your local identifier to tell Peaqev which charger unit we mean to manipulate. If your charger type does not provide this, leave blank- If you have selected Smart outlet as charger type, you will need to provide the switch to turn on/off, and the sensor to read power from the outlet instead of charger id.
| Charger | Required integration | Can update amps | Supported models | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chargeamps | hass-chargeamps | Yes | Halo | |
| Easee | easee-hass | Yes | Robot | Turn off all smart charging before using peaqev |
| Zaptec | zaptec | No* | Go | *Anticipate update amps to be fixed soon |
| Smart outlet | - | No | Stability depends on the outlet used |
Price-aware charging- Check this to calculate the cheapest hours from Nordpool (requires Nordpool). Non- and Caution hours below here will be ignoredAbsolute top price- The limit (if any) where your charger should be stopped, regardless of the hour algorithmMin price- The lower limit (if any) where charging will always be permitted (must be lower than top price if set)Caution hour type- Choose to what extent you would like Peaqev to hold back during caution hours. Suave > Aggressive
Non hours- Click to select the hours (if any) where you do not wish to chargeCaution hours- Click to select the hours (if any) where you want the charger to be extra cautious to not break the peak
Monthly allowed peak- Needs to be set in order to determine a minimum allowed peak. In the beginning of each month this is necessary to be able to charge at all. Format is in kW. See examples below
Examples for hourly peak-shaving. A tip is to look at your current peaks and set it to about 50-70% of those.
| Month | 1-phase charge | 3-phase charge |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 2.0 | 4.0 |
| Feb | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| Mar | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| Apr | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| May | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| Jun | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| Jul | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| Aug | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| Sep | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| Oct | 1.5 | 3.0 |
| Nov | 1.8 | 3.6 |
| Dec | 2.0 | 4.0 |
While this integration will try to not break your monthly energy peaks, there is off course no guarantee. Various factors beyond control of this logic do occur, so for those aiming at staying below their threshold, I do suggest you think about the non-hours, caution-hours etc in the setup. These hours should be set when you commonly utilize a lot of extra energy in your home, such as cooking, doing laundry etc.