What if your solar and battery system didn’t just power your home but actively traded energy with the grid on your behalf?
Helen Czerski and the team headed to Peterborough to see E.ON Next Optimise in action: a tariff already proven in Australia (via partner Amber) that’s now rolling out in the UK, using AI to buy and sell energy automatically based on wholesale price swings, weather forecasts, and your household habits.
We talk to the team behind the tech and a real customer about how it actually works, whether he trusts the AI, and what’s coming next for EV smart charging and vehicle-to-grid.
Timestamps:
0:00 Could your home become an energy trader?
1:19 What is the wholesale energy price?
3:06 How a smart home powers itself
4:42 Meet Dave: his solar, battery & EV setup
5:43 What is “Smart Shift”?
9:02 Does he actually trust the AI?
12:36 Why is this only happening now?
13:16 What Australia’s already proven
15:01 What’s next: EV charging & vehicle-to-grid
17:15 Final thoughts
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