As global demand for electric vehicles rises, myenergi is scaling its low-carbon technologies to support the shift to smarter home energy
After a decade in the industry, UK-based company myenergi stands at the forefront of designing and manufacturing home energy management systems (HEMS), including EV chargers, battery storage, and solar diverters. Founded in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, by Lee Sutton and Jordan Brompton, the co-founders initially brought two key products into the market – zappi and eddi. myenergi CEO, Andrew Clint, elaborates on the company’s innovative products: “zappi was the world’s first solar compatible EV charger, allowing people to charge their car with their own solar power. eddi redirects surplus solar into hot water or underfloor heating. It’s quite a unique product with only a few competitors. Even if you already have home battery storage, eddi can turn your hot-water tank into a thermal battery, saving you money on water heating. We now have around 250 employees across the UK, Netherlands, Ireland, Germany, and Australia, and revenue of circa £50 million.”
Since 2016, the company has flourished and now addresses entire home ecosystems for smart energy. Its product range includes a software solution that gives
app-based control to homeowners, allowing them access to smart tariffs from companies such as Octopus and OVO. It now offers two EV chargers, the zappi, which includes a screen and buttons for control, and its newly launched zappi GLO. Andrew notes how the growing popularity of EVs led to the design and implementation of zappi GLO chargers: “As we move into mass adoption of electric vehicles, we wanted to bring out a charger that was simpler and easier to use for consumers who didn’t want a variety of settings on the charger itself. The zappi GLO was designed as a sleek charger that can simply plug and charge. It integrates with our home ecosystem and gives full control through the myenergi app for anyone who wants to adjust settings and schedules. Some customers prefer a simpler unit; others want more advanced features. Keeping both zappi and zappi GLO ensures we offer choice.
“We recently announced a home-charging agreement with BT and Openreach, where thousands of their engineers will charge their vehicles at home using the zappi GLO smart charger, installed by OVO. It supports their fleet electrification by giving drivers reliable overnight charging and fleet managers confidence in cost, control and scalability.”
The company also sells other renewable energy products, including the libbi battery. It connects through its home ecosystem, giving accurate load balancing and cloud-based control. “If you have a libbi battery alongside an eddi and a zappi, they can all talk to each other, and via the myenergi app you have full control over how you optimize your home energy generation and consumption,” explains Andrew. “We have another patented product, harvi, which enables collection and wireless transmission of energy data, including solar generation, to the other devices in the home ecosystem. This means fewer cables, which helps in larger properties, for example when installing an EV charger on a detached garage.
“We’re also in the process of developing a vehicle-to-grid (V2G) charger. An average home battery system in the UK might be a ten-kilowatt hour system, but an average EV can be as high as 100 kilowatt hours, so you’ve got a much bigger battery system in your car than you would have in your home. This is still an emerging technology but, from January 2027, all chargers sold in the EU will be required to comply with the ISO 15118 standard, and our V2G will be fully compliant with that standard.”
With exciting developments on the horizon, myenergi continues to grow, with offices in the Netherlands and Germany, Ireland and Australia. It distributes product into other European countries from a warehouse facility in Maastricht, primarily into Germany. “We are now starting to distribute in Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia,” Andrew reveals. “Logistically, Maastricht is well-located to warehouse products and ship it out to other countries in central and Eastern Europe. We are particularly looking at the market in Eastern Europe because EV adoption is still at an earlier stage than in the UK.
“We’re also looking at other regions in EMEA, not only based on EV adoption, but also where home battery storage will help to balance the local grid. As the grid decarbonizes and AI data centers increase demand, home battery storage and rooftop PV are becoming more valuable. They turn homes into mini solar power and storage stations that help support the grid.”
Considering that myenergi develops products within the renewable energy sector, its dedication to sustainability runs throughout the business. The factory in Lincolnshire is purpose-built and has on-site solar power generation. “We try to remove embodied carbon from the product where we can,” Andrew highlights. “Through design optimization, the zappi GLO has a 35 percent lower embodied carbon footprint than the zappi. We reduced the size of the Printed Circuit Board (PCB), the number of components, the volume of the plastics and the size of the packaging, and we were careful with the materials selected, making the product lighter and reducing transport costs.”
Andrew says the company will be prioritizing another recently launched product in 2026, a concept called Gridpay, which enables end consumers to participate in balancing the grid through the capacity market and to make money from their smart energy assets.
He also touches on other focus areas for the forthcoming year: “One of our main routes to market is via electrical wholesalers. We are investing more in training and working closely with installers to generate demand for our products. In addition, we’ll be educating consumers about the benefits of our home ecosystem – beyond the money they can receive directly from Gridpay solutions, but also how they can optimize their home energy, especially with the ongoing cost-of-living crisis. We are also rolling out lean manufacturing training and development for our production teams, which we expect to be beneficial for motivation and morale.
“Finally, we’re rolling out AI and data tools. We gather a significant amount of data from our connected devices, and these tools will enable us to optimize how consumers use the home ecosystem, giving back genuine value to our customers while supporting grid balancing at times of high demand.”
In conclusion, myenergi is becoming a global leader in sustainable home energy management, which Andrew believes will be exporting products and services designed in Grimsby, Lincolnshire to an expanded international footprint. “In five years, our Gridpay solution will have matured, and vehicle-to-grid charging and storage will be commonplace,” Andrew concludes. “This will enable more consumers around the world to optimize their home energy management systems, maximize self-consumption of solar and support the balancing of the grid.”