Ensemble is energy management technology. This is from Enphase which enables solar, storage, and the grid to seamlessly work together to ensure clean, reliable, economical and safe energy. Ensemble is our technological solution for the future of energy. There are smart homes equipped to respond to your presence, to your preferences, to your ideals. We see technology allowing entire communities to grow together in strength and prosperity. We see a solar system designed to combine energy production, storage, and management. Which maximizes efficiency and minimizes cost. And we see Enphase Ensemble connecting it all to ensure everyone has access to the power they need. Whether they’re on the grid or on a remote island. Watch this video to see the future of energy.
Blackouts Becoming the New Normal
For many of us, power outages are usually a mild inconvenience. But recent events across the globe have shown us that they can also pose a devastating blow. These moments affect our communities and result in a total shutdown of basic infrastructure.
If it seems like these sorts of blackouts are becoming more common, it’s because they are.
Battling Blackouts
Enphase is helping to lead the charge. They’re providing homeowners with the ability to battle blackouts. With Enphase Storage backup battery, energy overproduced by a solar system is stored for future use in case of a blackout. Enphase also plans to introduce Ensemble technology by 2020. With Ensemble, homes become entirely grid-agnostic, able to draw power from their system without needing constant access to the utility grid — making sure a household is never left in the dark, even during a blackout. It’s all part of our commitment to future innovation, to make sure blackouts no longer have so much power over us.
The Ensemble solution has five key components:
- IQ 8 is the 8th generation of Enphase micros, ensuring reliability from a decade of continuous improvement. This generation provides a cost-effective option for traditional solar while providing for the potential to upgrade with additional equipment for always-on capability.
- The Encharge Battery is designed to optimize energy generation to save money when tied to the grid and maximize availability during an emergency when the off-grid capability is enabled.
- The Enpower switch seamlessly isolates your home for operation during a blackout which lets you keep playing when the grid goes down.
- The IQ Combiner enables real-time connection of your system to the cloud with the most efficient, effective and reliable communication protocols. The IQ Combiner ensures the longevity of your warranty for the lifetime of your system and allows the installer and Enphase to troubleshoot if needed to provide the best return on your investment.
- The Enlighten Cloud Software delivers real-time monitoring and insights of solar generation, energy usage, connection to the grid, in addition to battery usage.
This solution will be released in a phased manner. The initial release of the Ensemble solution will become available in limited quantities in select North American cities around Christmas of 2019.
This first release of the Ensemble solution will include the IQ 8 powered Encharge battery for energy storage. Including the Enpower switch for control. This initial Ensemble solution is designed to be compatible with IQ 6 and IQ 7 systems for either existing or new installs.
Worldwide release in the middle of 2020, will be this same solution, but with the IQ 8 Enphase Microinverter. This has a second release of the Enpower switch. The goal is to continue providing additional value to our partners and customers with every new Ensemble release.
(Content originally published on https://enphase.com)
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