“If I'm bringing in 500 watts of solar energy, I'm pushing 500 watts into my home and consuming 500 watts less from the utility. … These are under $700 and they're simple to plug in. There's no permitting. It's all plug and play.”
CleanTech Talk — Solar, Batteries, EVs, AI · Climate & Energy · November 2026
Context
Asked what plug-in balcony solar looks like for an average household, the EcoFlow executive explains the mechanism and the price. It skips the cost and permitting of a rooftop install.
Transcript
Thanks. Thanks for having me, Scott. Glad to be here.
…and obviously has potential to go everywhere. So it's pretty exciting. Let's talk a little bit about it. So plug-in storage and plug-in solar and storage. What is your view on it right now? Like tell the audience about it. What does it look like for the average person and how they can adopt it?
…some states actually start to legalize plug-in solar. And what plug-in solar is, is it's kind of as simple as the name. So we have two different units. We have a microinverter unit that you would hook up to a solar panel, put it out on your balcony, out on your deck, outside. And essentially that would allow you to take the microinverter, plug this into your wall outlet. And so in simple terms, if I'm bringing in 500 watts of solar energy, I'm pushing 500 watts into my home and consuming 500 watts less from the utility. And so the reason why this is gaining a lot of attention is because apartments, condos, even anyone that doesn't want to invest in a larger 20, 30, $40,000 whole home solar system can really enter into this green energy space. For, I mean, you know, this system right now, I mean, these are under $700 and they're simple to plug in. There's no permitting. You know, it's all plug and play. And so…
Yeah, that last part's really critical. So Underwriters Lab, UL, does the certification for a lot of products and provides safety and just reassurance really to the general consumer and obviously helps with regulations so that we can have a very standardized set of offerings in a product so people…
Yeah. And I think a lot of states too are, I mean, we know a lot of states are under a lot of strain with utility, with people drawing more power. You talk about data centers consuming more power. And so I think a lot of states are looking for alternative energy solutions from a from a, you know…
For sure. Yeah. And especially if they have storage and if there's time of use pricing, then obviously that storage will be exceptionally powerful in terms of saving them money on their electric. Let's talk. So with regard to the technical aspects of this thing, 1,200 watts is kind of the max…
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