EcoFlow brings its plug-in solar power plant to US homes

The EcoFlow Stream Ultra turns a powerfulness outlet into a star powered inlet. | Image: EcoFlow

The US is yet getting a mentation of EcoFlow’s DIY balcony star strategy that I reviewed successful Europe last year. EcoFlow says its Stream Series volition beryllium the archetypal plug-in star products to spell connected merchantability domestically, allowing anyone successful a location oregon flat rental to easy little their vigor bill, portion besides providing a modicum of backup powerfulness if the grid goes down. 

Unfortunately, they’re lone going connected merchantability successful Utah, which recently approved balcony star systems that plug straight into 120V partition outlets — nary messy (and costly) interconnection statement required with your inferior company. EcoFlow tells maine that there’s nary request to hold for a national certification modular nether The National Electrical Code oregon a tailored merchandise information modular from Underwriters Laboratories as some person interpreted. Balcony star systems person already seen widespread adoption passim Europe wherever millions person been safely installed.

The plug-and-play Stream bid relies upon a microinverter to marque star vigor grid-ready for insertion back into the home. Some of that vigor tin besides beryllium diverted to EcoFlow’s batteries for usage successful an emergency, oregon for delayed merchandise backmost into the location to assistance offset the higher prices inferior companies complaint erstwhile energy request peaks each day.

EcoFlow’s Stream Ultra combines a built-in grid-tied microinverter with a reasonably large 1.92kWh capableness LFP battery. It tin beryllium installed wrong oregon extracurricular since it’s self-heated to stay operational successful temperatures arsenic debased arsenic -20 degrees Celsius (-4 degrees Fahrenheit), with IP65-rated absorption to particulate and rain. Storage tin beryllium expanded to 11.52kWh by adding connected further battery-only Ultra units. You tin besides bargain the Stream Microinverter separately if you already ain a compatible EcoFlow powerfulness station.

The strategy tin beryllium configured with up to 2000W of star input from panels placed connected a extortion oregon the ground, oregon slung implicit a balcony. And erstwhile the microinverter is plugged into a dedicated 15A circuit, the strategy tin pump up to 1200W backmost into the location to offset the magnitude of energy needed from your grid provider.

EcoFlow’s Stream devices are compatible with the company’s caller Oasis vigor absorption platform that lets you remotely show and optimize everything according to your needs wrong the fantabulous EcoFlow app.

Pricing is being announced with preorder discounts that extremity connected July 31st. The Stream Microinverter volition initially outgo $299 earlier hitting its $599 database price, the Stream Ultra and Microinverter is priced astatine $1,459 ($2,399 list), and the battery-only mentation of the Stream Ultra costs $1,199 ($1,899 list).