Anker is usually identified for making smartphone energy adapters and USB cables for residence and on the go, however now the corporate is attempting one thing new. On the firm’s ReCharge occasion in New York Metropolis on Tuesday, it’s unveiled a new “Solix” line of merchandise that’s centered on retaining your house powered, even when the grid goes down. It’s additionally including a battery to be used with its DIY balcony-mounted photo voltaic panel resolution to convey a little bit of saved vitality independence to house dwellers and renters.
The primary star of Anker’s announcement features a Tesla Powerwall-like residence photo voltaic vitality storage system that may energy every thing in your home. Anker’s resolution is designed to be modular: it may be outfitted with as little as 5kWh of energy, concerning the dimension of a hybrid automotive’s battery, or as a lot as 180kWh, which is concerning the dimension of Rivian’s R1T Max Pack battery.
Tesla’s newest Powerwall 2, compared, is fastened at 13.5kWh, however might be scaled shoulder to shoulder with as much as 10 items. It additionally has a variable price that’s somewhere around $11,500 per unit put in. And if you’d like Tesla’s Powerwall, you’ll now must order it with solar panels.
In the meantime, Anker hasn’t revealed pricing for its Solix battery, however plans to make the system suitable with present photo voltaic panels or new Anker-provided ones. It makes use of LFP batteries that are stacked in modules vertically, with the brains settled on high the place it controls the ability movement. And it is all related to a sensible telephone app. Anker received’t be delivery the battery system this yr, it plans to launch it globally in 2024.
In Germany, Anker’s been promoting photo voltaic panels designed to work on balconies, and now it is bought a brand new “Solarbank” battery pack that may work with it all through Europe — like a mini Powerwall. So now European house and rental dwellers can get in on residence vitality storage by sacrificing the walk-out area that was completely price the additional month-to-month lease or mortgage. Solarbank can be expandable from 1.6kWh to three.2kWh, and works with most present micro-inverters together with the one bundled with Anker’s two-panel plug-and-play Solix Balcony Resolution. Simply plug Anker’s inverter instantly into any commonplace residence energy socket to feed vitality again to your home equipment with any extra diverted to the battery.
Anker’s additionally slapping the Solix model identify to present merchandise, like its $2,000 F2000 rollaway suitcase transportable energy station (additionally referred to as 767 PowerHouse). It is bought a 2048Wh battery that may be doubled with a further growth battery, and might be charged with an non-compulsory 200W photo voltaic panel generator accent.
For those who’re all in favour of getting a house battery resolution from Anker, you can begin a dialog with the corporate’s consultants right this moment through its website. Residence vitality storage is a fairly younger however rising market, and corporations like EcoFlow and now Anker are making it look much more accessible.