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Charge on your own solar with Home Assistant • and how Joulo fits on top
Home Assistant can dynamically throttle your charger so your car only charges with your solar surplus. Here is how surplus charging works, and how Joulo turns those kilowatt-hours into income afterwards.
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Connecting Victron to Joulo for ERE registration
Connect your Victron system to Joulo through VRM for ERE registration. The EV Charging Station has no built-in MID meter. The sessions it measures today do not count towards EREs, not even later. Your sessions count only from the day a new MID charger, a MID meter inside the housing or a SAP is in place.
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Alfen chargers & ERE certificates: what you need to know
Got an Alfen charger at home? Then you are well prepared for the ERE scheme. Alfen is one of the most common charger brands in the Netherlands, and every model with a built-in MID meter satisfies the requirements of the Dutch Emissions Authority (NEa).
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Installing the Tesla Wall Connector Gen 3 MID
The MID-certified version of the Tesla Wall Connector Gen 3 qualifies directly for ERE registration through Joulo. Everything about installation, Power Sharing and connecting it to Joulo.
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Choosing a MID charger: what to look for (and the hidden cost)
For ERE you need a charger with a certified MID meter. But there is a second question that can cost you money: who can access your charging data, and at what price?
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Manage your charger without a subscription (1/3): connect via OCPP
Part 1 of 3. Connect your OCPP charger to Joulo once and everything runs by itself: sessions, ERE registration and payout. No subscription needed.
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Ohme now works with Joulo
The Ohme connection is live. You sign in once with your Ohme account, after which Joulo fetches your charging sessions automatically and registers them for ERE. The Ohme Home Pro has a built-in MID meter, so it counts right away.
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ChargeAmps is live on Joulo: Halo, Aura and Dawn now connect automatically through the ChargeAmps API
The direct connection between ChargeAmps and Joulo is live. Your charging sessions from the Halo, Aura and Dawn arrive automatically through the ChargeAmps API and are registered with the NEa as Emission Reduction Units.
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OCPP, explained: the protocol your charger uses to talk to the world
A plain-English walk through the Open Charge Point Protocol • what it is, what flows over the wire, what it gets right, where it falls short, and why we run our own CSMS for ERE registration.
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