Utah passed a law allowing balcony solar, which is already extremely popular in Germany. Over 30 states are working on bills to do the same, and once there are 5 states, the market is expected to entice competition. The technology of plug in solar has already proven to be perfectly safe at wattages as low as 800 watts per household, and the 1200 watt limit in Utah appears to be just as safe and diminimus.
Would be great for condos - I have an upstairs balcony that’s sort of useless for anything else.
1200 watts isn’t everything, but its definitely something, and when there are 7.4 million condominiums and 120 million renters in the USA. If a tenth of them get 1200 watts, that’s 1.5 gigawatts in the usa
I mean, that’ll offset lights and idle appliances, at least.
Nah, 1200w is much more than that.
If you live in LA that’s like 2MWh/year.
Payback period varies, but in Germany, most buyers are seeing a 4-5 year period
I have a balcony that already has a 120 plug. Can’t wait for this and honestly im hoping it will also allow for an easy battery to be used whole home.