Wir haben mal durchgerechnet für wen sich ein Speicher lohnt und wann nicht https://balkon.solar/news/2025/05/05/fuer-wen-lohnt-sich-ein-steckerspeicher/
Kurzfassung: Je mehr Stromverbrauch und je mehr Solarpanels, desto besser.
It seems #Norway is the first Nordic country to “legalize” #pluginpv: https://www.dsb.no/elsikkerhet/aktuelt-elsikkerhet2/pluggbare-solcellepaneler-innebarer-risiko/
Even though the text by the Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Preparedness talks a lot about the risks, it allows plugging in at a dedicated circuit.
Strangely no upper limit.
On @Grist Akielly Hu asks:
#Balconysolar took off in Germany. Why not the US? - our chair @sbamueller explains: "The 800W threshold is considered low enough that even in the country’s oldest homes, the wiring can withstand (...) even the worst of worst-case scenarios"
The article explains very well what are the next steps the US would have to take to make #pluginpv feasible:
Develop a standard accepted by Underwriters Laboratories and complies with the National Electrical Code. And a compatible ground fault circuit interrupter.
https://grist.org/energy/balcony-solar-took-off-in-germany-why-not-the-us/
Pictures: Some German Houses with Plugin PV systems on the balcony and elsewhere.
Der #Sommer steht vor der Tür und mit Glück gibt's jetzt ein lautloses Stromsparwunder frei Haus:
https://www.duh.de/mitmachen/gewinnspiel-energiewende/?entryid=414333
#PluginPV mit refurbished #solarpanel #solarpower #solarenergy
How does #pluginpv work in #Ukraine?
Olena from #EcoClub #Rivne put a unit on her balcony and wrote down what happens.
Spoiler: It works, it produces electricity.
And it seems we do not need to change any laws as it is already legal in Ukraine!
https://balkon.solar/news/2025/04/02/putting-solar-on-a-balcony-in-ukraine-what-can-happen/
How does safe #pluginpv work in #Germany?
We explained it here: https://balkon.solar/news/2025/03/17/how-does-plug-in-pv-in-germany-work/
Good news about our #pluginpv project in #Ukraine: “Yesterday we completed the installation of the panel: my husband fixed all the elements and ran the cables to the balcony.”
Our project partners from #EcoClubRivne are checking out how to install #solar on the #balcony. How to set ups such a system with a small battery, because there are lots of #blackouts in Ukraine, due to the destruction of the #powergrid by Russia.
Of course we also try to explore what landlords and gridoperators think and if they try to block small #pv.
Först ödelägger svenskarna #Schopfheim och sedan tillåter de inte ens sina medborgare att använda Solcellsplugg!