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Saving energy made easy

What a balcony power plant brings you

• Smaller electricity bill: Even when it’s moderately cloudy, the solar panels often generate enough electricity to cover the basic consumption of the router, refrigerator and standby devices – even if you’re not at home.
• Easy commissioning: The connection using a Schuko plug is as easy as with a toaster, and the solar cables are actually always the same thanks to MC4 plugs.
• Independence: Rising electricity prices? For those who can at least partially provide for themselves, this appears to be significantly less of a threat to their existence.

Following the rule of supply and demand (and our personal experience), a counter-cyclical purchase can definitely be worthwhile: the dreary autumn with little sun causes many people to postpone the purchase of a balcony power plant until spring and, with luck, the prices fall. A discount campaign on top of that can do the rest.

Good chances for good deals on Amazon Prime Day in October!

Use the sun, reduce your electricity bill

A balcony power plant is easy to install, costs comparatively little and saves noticeable money on your electricity bill, at least during the day and with some sunshine. While the purchase costs were in the four-digit range a few years ago, there are now recommended sets for under 400 euros, and in some cases even for 300 euros.

Two devices that I think should be kept in mind for Prime Day

Ecoflow PowerStream balcony power plant (PowerStream 800 watts + 2x 400W rigid solar panels)

• Advantages: Expandable with battery storage, a little low PV power, good app control
• Historical low price: 370 euros
• Danger: With a saver subscription voucher you can currently get the set on Amazon for 300 euros. You don’t have to wait until Prime Day for a rock-bottom price.

It may also be worth looking at the Ecoflow Powerstream as a standalone product: It is currently priced at over 100 euros, but was already available for 90 euros. The offer may come back on deal days.

Solakon 2000W balcony power plant (Tsun 800W inverter + 4x 500W rigid solar panels)

• Advantages: High-yield bifacial PV module with 500 watts each, good performance even with cloud cover
• Typical price: approx. 800 euros
• Price trend: Already available thanks to the coupon for 700 euros, but an even lower price would still be conceivable for Prime Day

Use solar power at night too: balcony power plant with storage

Balcony power plants with battery storage are a little trickier when it comes to the amortization calculation. The idea of ​​further increasing your self-sufficiency rate and using solar power in the evening hours is very obvious. Especially since a set with 2,000 watts of peak power has to waste the most energy in summer – only 800 watts can be fed in.

The variant with storage is a little (but not that much) more complex to build than a standard balcony power plant. Even if the battery only pays off late, at least financially, it feels very good to use self-generated electricity at night.