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Hourly Electricity Arbitrage API for Batteries and Solar
A developer built a Laravel API that optimizes household battery charging and solar export based on hourly wholesale electricity prices. The engine decides whether to draw from the grid, charge/discharge a battery, or export solar surplus over a 24-72 hour horizon. It addresses the gap between dynamic electricity pricing and home energy systems that don't react to price signals.
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This is a practical open-source tool for smart home energy management, but its real-world impact depends on adoption by utilities and hardware makers.
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Electricity Planning Engine: An Hourly Arbitrage API for Batteries and Solar, Plus the Timezone Bug That Almost Broke It →
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