Meet balkonkraftwerk, the simple technology putting solar power in the hands of renters and nudging Germany toward its clean energy goals.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.org/post/19852594

Edit: Be aware that some people try to post misinformation here, such as that such plants are not safe in the case of a power failure (untrue), or that they are not economical (untrue, their advantage is that they have very low installation costs).

  • HaraldvonBlauzahn@feddit.orgOPEnglish
    3·
    19 hours ago

    Regulations were very careful in the beginning, but now it is that basically anyone can plug in a system like this and register it.

    To note, there were some technical challenges, of course the plug needs to be safe when it is not plugged in, and the system switches off when the power fails, which is also for safety - these are not autonomous or “island” systems though of course, solar can be used for that.

    • B0rax@feddit.orgEnglish
      1·
      12 hours ago

      There are currently talks about tightening these regulations, to the point where it is no longer feasible to use these kind of systems :(