Spotpilot
Spotpilot develops a Swedish home-battery controller and companion application. The product uses spot prices, household consumption, expected solar production and weather to decide when stored energy should be charged or used. Its published specifications list supported inverter families and connection requirements, while its commercial model advertises operation without a recurring subscription fee. [1] [2]
The entries below document published information against the eight assessment criteria. They distinguish stated capabilities from evidence needed for verification. No scores have been assigned.
Demonstrated innovation
Spotpilot combines expected solar production, household demand and market prices in battery scheduling. The vendor describes using these forecasts to adjust charging and discharging decisions. [1]
Net savings and operational value
The product targets price arbitrage, solar timing and demand-charge reduction without a subscription fee. Net savings still depend on tariffs, battery losses and the installation. [1]
Grid capacity and flexibility control
Demand-tariff reduction is an advertised objective. The reviewed product and specification pages do not establish ancillary-service participation or guaranteed protection of the main connection. [1] [2]
Interoperability across equipment brands
Supported inverter families are explicitly listed, with dongle restrictions for some models. This is a defined compatibility scope, not a claim of universal battery interoperability. [2]
Reliability and recovery
The specification warns that older GoodWe dongles can interrupt vendor-portal synchronisation. A complete documented internet-loss and automatic recovery policy was not established from these pages. [2]
Cybersecurity and data governance
The app privacy policy says home coordinates remain on the device and are used for solar forecasts. Detailed device hardening and security-update commitments are not specified. [3]
Installation, operation and user experience
A companion app supplies an interactive installation guide, energy flows, graphs and savings information. Hardware networking options should be checked against currently released software support. [1] [2]
Support, lifecycle terms and portability
Spotpilot publishes support contact details and integration updates, and advertises no recurring fee. Minimum software support duration and migration to another controller are not specified. [1] [2]
- Spotpilot overviewspotpilot.se
- Spotpilot specificationsspotpilot.se
- Spotpilot privacy policyspotpilot.se