This is a new app NOW LIVE!currently in testing (awaiting certification from Athom).
Axle Energy runs a Virtual Power Plant available to UK homeowners that pays battery owners to export power to the grid during periods of high demand. When the grid is under stress, Axle takes control of your battery briefly to export power, then returns full control to you — earning you credits automatically at a fixed rate per kilowatt-hour - currently £1/KWh which is considerably higher that the best export rate paid by Octopus for example. Compatible systems include Sigenergy, Fox ESS, GivEnergy, Solax, Solis and SolarEdge, with more being added all the time.
This app connects Homey to your Axle VPP account so you can see the state of upcoming and active grid events in real time. Use flow cards to act on that data — charge your home battery ahead of a grid event, notify yourself when one is imminent, or log completions for your own records. Sign up using this link and you and I each earn £25 — which helps to support the ongoing development of this app.
I have no affiliation with Axle Energy, I just enjoyed using their service and decided to make it easier to connect to Homey. I’d also like to acknowledge the existing Home Assistant integration ( GitHub - deanhalllincoln/ha-axle-vpp: Home Assistant HACS install for Axle VPP Api · GitHub ) from which Claude and I drew lots of inspiration.
