Smart Energy Solutions Company ecoflow is launching its new AI-powered Oasis home energy management systemThis week at CES in Las Vegas. Designed to automate and simplify energy management, Oasis features an AI assistant that can answer complex questions about your home's energy using natural language and even act on them Can also, such as “How can I maximize my solar energy use today?” The company also revealed the upcoming launch of Ocean Pro, a new grid-tied whole-home solar battery solution for the US that it plans to launch later this year.
Energy management is a major use case for the smart home, but the infrastructure is expensive, and it can be complex to set up and confusing to manage. With Oasis, EcoFlow is tackling at least two of those problems.
Works with Oasis EcoFlow home power technology To manage your home's energy through real-time monitoring of your home's solar energy production, energy storage in EcoFlow batteries, and energy usage from third-party devices and systems that you connect to through the EcoFlow app .
Peter Lingue, EcoFlow's director of product strategy and development, explained that Oasis uses predictive analytics and automation to automatically do helpful things, such as switching to backup power in the event of a power outage or if a major disaster occurs. Charging your batteries if a storm is coming. While these are features that most home battery storage systems offer today, with Oasis, EcoFlow says it is adding a more capable software layer to provide more detailed whole-home energy management.
EcoFlow Assistant, an AI chatbot in the app, can answer questions for you, like “How much energy did I use today?” But it can also suggest, build, and install automation to manage energy use in your home. For example, you can ask it to install the best power backup solution, and it will present options that it can implement (see video). Lingu says it does this by analyzing data such as past energy use, local electricity rates, home solar energy production and weather patterns.
Oasis can also proactively make suggestions, such as running your air conditioning or washing machine on stored energy instead of grid power when energy prices are high. Lingu says you can instruct Oasis to automate such tasks or choose to be notified of them and implement them yourself.
Intelligent management of your home energy can save you energy and money without having to run around turning off lights, fiddling with the thermostat and unplugging the EV charger. But a major hurdle is finding a system that can talk to everything in your home and existing infrastructure like solar panels. You also need an energy provider that offers time-of-use rates And ask for feedback Program to get the most benefits. Additionally, many solutions today only work with proprietary equipment, making them better suited for new construction rather than retrofitting into your home. Ecoflow has a more open approach.
Today, Oasis continues to operate with products such as its portable EcoFlow Delta 3 Plus and River 3 Plus solar generator and its Whole-home backup solutionCurrently, this includes smart home panel 2Which provides circuit-level management of electrical loads and can be connected to your existing electrical panel. It can also work with portable Delta Pro Ultra as battery backup System.
The new EcoFlow Ocean Pro system coming to the US later this year will bring a high-capacity grid-tied option for whole-home backup. EcoFlow did not provide further details but said it is similar to EcoFlow's PowerOcean system, which is available in Europe. It looks like it will be a direct competitor to popular products in the field, such as tesla powerwall And anchor solix,
The Oasis also works with third-party devices like Ecobee and Nest thermostats, energy-monitoring products like Shelly and TP-Link's smart plugs, as well as any Miter-compatible device. While the issue is still in its early stages when it comes to energy management, high-energy use devices such as appliances, heat pumps, solar panels and EV charging equipment are now Part of Matter SpecificationSo, there may be more products coming soon that can integrate directly with Oasis. All this helps bring more devices into the system to get a clearer picture of your home's energy usage.
Many other companies are working on these types of home energy management solutions. Schneider launched it schneider home systems At CES last year; savant shakti, anchor solixAnd Generac There are also interesting products in this area. The initial cost is still a major barrier for many people, but if the complexity can be reduced through intelligent home energy management software, it seems like a big step in the right direction.