Plentify, an innovative home energy management company, has announced a strategic partnership with Herholdts, one of the country’s largest distributors of solar and electrical solutions, to launch SolarBot – a first-of-its-kind intelligent controller for home solar and battery systems.
Plentify is a new-gen Solar Tech and smart energy solution company that makes affordable, reliable and clean electricity a reality for everyone. They use a fusion of advanced hardware, artificial intelligence and user-centric design to create smart home products that delivers better efficiencies and strengthen electricity systems.
One of the key success factors for the company has been their top tier team of energy, data science, hardware, software and business experts who have recently announced the launch of a strategic partnership with Herholdts, one of the country’s largest distributors of solar and electrical solutions, to launch SolarBot – a first-of-its-kind intelligent controller for home solar and battery systems.
Plentify is based in South Africa and the United States, and they are a company that is expanding and always looking to improve by reinvesting the majority the company’s profits into improving their products.
The energy Tech startup’s suite of products connects to home appliances, optimising energy consumption via Ai driven controller units. This ensures that appliances deliver desired services, generate major savings on energy bills through efficiency gains, and maximise energy use during clean energy periods while minimising it during constrained times.
The SolarBot product, which dramatically improves the performance of solar systems, has come at the perfect time for both solar installers who want to grow their product range and upsell to existing solar energy consumers, providing for a post-load shedding sales boost, and providing existing solar owners who are looking for better efficiencies.
With the costs of solar panels declining rapidly, and improvements in battery efficiencies, there has already been solar system improvements but that is only half the solution, as many solar owners are finding out. after interrogating their solar performance with more scrutiny with load shedding receding. What really ly matters is how effectively you use your solar system. Management of peak and low power availability is critical to make systems more productive.
This is the problem that SolarBot was developed to solve. The smart energy tech solution analyses weather patterns, load shedding schedules and customer demand to make smarter decisions on when to charge and discharge the battery to maximise savings, while still giving homeowners backup power when they need it.
SolarBot also works in tandem with HotBot, an intelligent geyser controller, that trains the geyser to use less energy, and to favour solar over grid supplied energy. The Plentify Bots are linked via wireless connectivity and provide full control of water heating utilising extra solar power that otherwise would have been wasted. Together, SolarBot and HotBot, get solar systems to produce more energy and help homeowners maximise the return on their solar investment.
Homeowners can also access, control and monitor their energy systems via the Plentify App, which offers real-time insights into energy consumption.
For installers, the soon-to-launch Plentify Platform will provide fleet monitoring and control from a single, intuitive dashboard, giving them the data and insights needed to offer greater value to their customers.
Herholdts, which will be bringing these products to market through its extensive network of over 200 trusted installers, says they view the partnership with Plentify as a crucial step in bringing smarter, more innovative solutions to the local solar market.
