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Emmanuelle_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
September 11, 2024

Do you have Solar Panels & Charge Anytime? We’d love to hear your thoughts

  • September 11, 2024
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Do you have Solar Panels & Charge Anytime? We’d love to hear your thoughts

Updated on 29/04/25 by Bradley_OVO: We apprecaite all of the engagement and feedback to this article - This is no longer an open research topic at the moment. If you have further issues or questions around Solar, EVs or Charge Anytime, please reach out to the wider community to engage with the wider OVO Community user base.

 

It's an exciting time in the EV and Solar market for customers. We're looking to get some feedback from customers who have an Electric Vehicle and Solar Panels.

 

We currently offer Charge Anytime to customers with Solar Panels via a solar and Charge Anytime compatible charger. See a list of our chargers here and expand by pressing “+” to see those marked as solar compatible.

 

We understand that some customers may have a different charger that is not on our list, so we would love to get feedback from you if you have been using Charge Anytime via a compatible Electric Vehicle and have recently installed solar or are considering installing solar panels at your property.

 

Currently customers with that use Charge Anytime via a compatible Electric Vehicle can’t continue to use this service if they install solar. This is because the version of Charge Anytime that is via a compatible Electric Vehicle works due to the charging information that is sent from the car to us so we know how many kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity have been used in each charge. Unfortunately, this method is not able to tell us whether the electricity used was from the grid or from the solar panels or storage battery in your home. For this reason we cannot currently provide this version of Charge Anytime to customers to get the discounted rate.

106 replies

Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
October 16, 2024

Hi @Whipster2210 ,

I can only ask the Forum Moderators to set you up if you’ve either currently got Solar Panels, or are considering them. Otherwise, you can’t take part in this particular research.

Are you thinking about getting any by any chance?

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Chris_OVO
Community Manager
Community Manager
October 17, 2024

Hey @Whipster2210,

 

Thanks for your interest in taking part and so that I can confirm you’re eligible could you confirm you meet the eligibility criteria? 

  • Use Charge Anytime 
  • Have an Electric Vehicle or use Charge Anytime and be considering installing solar panels 
  • Or have an electric vehicle and solar panels 

If so i’ll reach out and get you added 😊

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Rank 2
October 20, 2024

Hey @Whipster2210,

 

Thanks for your interest in taking part and so that I can confirm you’re eligible could you confirm you meet the eligibility criteria? 

  • Use Charge Anytime 
  • Have an Electric Vehicle or use Charge Anytime and be considering installing solar panels 
  • Or have an electric vehicle and solar panels 

If so i’ll reach out and get you added 😊

Hi, yes, I currently use Charge Antime.

I have an electric vehicle but no solar panels. Interested in purchasing these if accepted for the trial. 

Thankyou 

Blastoise186
Super User
Super User
October 20, 2024

Gotcha! Hang in there for a bit and I’ll let the Forum Moderators know.

Keep an eye on your Private Messages here! They’ll reach out to you soon.

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Emmanuelle_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
October 21, 2024

I’ll private message you @Whipster2210 😀

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Rank 2
October 24, 2024

I'm interested.

I have solar panels and an ev. 

Emmanuelle_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
October 25, 2024

I’ll private message you @Mick 😊

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BobTom
Rank 4
Rank 4
October 26, 2024

I have a EV and Solar panels. I will be happy to take part.

Shads_OVO
Retired Moderator
Retired Moderator
October 28, 2024

Hi @BobTom,

 

I’ll send you a private message shortly. 🙂

Newcomer
November 4, 2024

Hi , I use charge anytime for my EV and am looking to install Solar panels + battery system with OVO , so would be happy to take part