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A view into an open apartment window where we see an EcoFlow Powerstream plugged into a wall socket and an EcoFlow battery with cables running outside to solar panels hung on a railing.
You can now benefit from solar power and battery backup even if you rent an apartment. | Image: EcoFlow

It doesn’t matter if you own a house or rent an apartment — EcoFlow now has a home solar solution for you with its PowerStream and PowerOcean systems. Both are designed to lower your energy costs while providing emergency backup power when the grid fails — which is increasingly common as climate change fuels violent weather.

The only catch is that these are Europe-only solutions — for now — because EcoFlow has already addressed the US market.

PowerStream is billed as “the world’s first balcony solar system with a portable battery” which was true up until Anker announced its own competitor last night. Balcony solar has been a bit of a trend in Europe as everyone — whether they own their home or not — started installing solar panels to...

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