Home solar power is simpler than you think with Bluetti
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Sometimes it’s easy to forget that we have the greatest power source in the universe, happily burning away just 150 million miles above us.
Why did only 5% of global electricity come from solar in 2021, with power outages, rising utility bills and fossil fuel controversy?
At the household level, cost and complexity are the double barriers to providing our homes with sunlight. But they are no longer as insurmountable as you might think.
The heart of the system is: Bluetti Tech’s EP600 (opens in new tab) power station, with a form as simple and striking as its function. Traditionally, this kind of kit comes in the same kind of injection-molded rugged masculine plastic as power tools, but the Bluetti model doesn’t look much like a hand-crafted piece of designer luggage. No clamps or wires, just beautiful rounded corners and a subtly stenciled logo.
Simply connect a solar panel (one of Bluetti’s own or your model of choice) to one end and your home appliances to the other. That is it. The EP600’s 6000W bi-directional converter does the rest and is powerful enough for almost any household use.
So that’s power. Now let’s talk about storage. As a wise man once said, the sun can’t always shine, so the second part of the puzzle is the Bluetti B500 (opens in new tab).
No mysteries here either. It’s just a battery. A huge battery with 99.9% MPPT for the highest charging efficiency. It stacks seamlessly under the EP600 and can hold nearly 50 kWh of juice.
There is more. Fifteen to be exact. You can use a total of sixteen B500 batteries under the EP600 (opens in new tab) power plant, which can store up to 79.3 kWh, or enough energy to run a standard home for about three days.
That’s a lot of episodes of ‘The Walking Dead’. But you don’t have to prepare for disaster to get the most out of your own fully expandable solar power grid.
Protecting against blackouts and brownouts, lowering your energy bill and cutting a few toes off your carbon footprint are just some of the other reasons to take the step towards energy independence.
And if you’re more of a rolling stone, the EP600 weighs just 40kg. Not exactly pocket-sized, but it fits nicely in your motorhome for the ultimate mobile home experience.
Electric driving? A B500 (opens in new tab) in the trunk can significantly increase your range, adding approximately 150 miles, depending on your make and model.
Wherever you are, you can manage everything from your smartphone via Bluetti’s custom app (available on Google Play and the App Store).
And the sticker price for the power of the sun?
The final price for an EP600 power station and a pair of stackable B500 batteries is just £8,100, €8,999 or $8,650, available to pre-order at here (opens in new tab) coming soon (including an impressive ten-year warranty).
Now that solar energy is within the economic and technical reach of household users, we think things are about to change.