Technology is evolving—both in the solar industry and home automation space—and finding a way to connect the two has become increasingly important.
Last year, Enphase introduced the vision for its Enphase Energy Management System with the promise of integrating solar generation, energy storage, load monitoring and smart grid intelligence into what will create the smart, connected home.
Today, Enphase is launching a key component of our energy management system—the Envoy-S Solution. Now, Envoy-S enables more cost effective and reliable installations while creating greater value for solar customers.
The Envoy-S communications gateway serves as the local “brain” for the system, balancing generation, storage and load. With the new gateway, Enphase is introducing a complete solution: the Enphase AC Combiner Box, the Enphase Mobile Connect cellular modem and data plan and a series of partnerships that further extend energy management capabilities.
We’ve worked hard to balance the need for a simple, fast installation with the ability to offer new features to homeowners, so there are two versions of Envoy-S, one Standard and one Metered. Both have a longer warranty, can be installed outdoors and use integrated WiFi to work with a redesigned Installer Toolkit mobile app for fast and easy system set up. The Envoy-S Metered adds built-in revenue-grade generation metering and optional consumption metering for managing storage and integrating with other home energy solutions.