“A lot of the innovation a few years ago was hardware driven, with better battery chemistry and faster charging. But over the next five, ten years it's really going to be software driven: time of use, even whole-home systems forecasting weather. We have power stations now that dial into your local weather, and if there's a storm projected in your area, they'll even charge your power station.”
CleanTech Talk — Solar, Batteries, EVs, AI · Climate & Energy · November 2026
Context
After the host said the home-energy market will keep growing, the EcoFlow executive describes where competition is shifting: from battery hardware to software and forecasting. A concrete claim about what will differentiate home energy products next.
Transcript
…for. alternative energy solutions for home backup for power outages and really to save money on their energy bills but just to give them you know flexibility with what they're able to power and when and really systems that really integrate into the whole home energy system and whole home ecosystem
yeah i feel like this is just a market that's just gonna do nothing but grow it's you know where our energy needs are are growing uh and obviously people want to save money so that your products do both it's great yeah for sure and and it's 100 clean energy so we love it
yeah and i think too like from from a grand scale like i feel like a lot of the innovation over the last you know let's say a few years ago was hardware driven with you know better battery chemistry faster charging but um the more and more you see over the next i don't know five ten years it's really going to be software driven um with time of use um with you know essentially even these whole home systems forecasting weather i mean we have power stations now that dial into your local weather if there's a storm projected in your area have storm guard they alert you they'll even charge your power station and so these are really smart systems that we're putting out there um to keep homeowners protected to give them flexibility with with what they're powering and really to keep them safe and to help them save money as well
awesome love that yeah and i mean you pointed it out earlier i mean a rooftop if you're fortunate enough to control your rooftop and own your rooftop uh rooftop installations can run you know 28 000 plus and uh while they do have a good payback period over time and they're very stable and all that…
yeah it's a great investment i mean we have we have a lot of demand for it um but i but i feel like as more and more states open up and you know pass this there'll be a lot more i think there'll be a ton more competitors come into the industry which i think is good you know we've been pretty much…
yeah awesome well that's great thank you brian for all all the info what what do you think if you if you look at your crystal ball what what do you see for the industry is there anything other than what we kind of presume is going to be this is very popular and state by state regulations are going…
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