Meanwhile China projected to add ~300GW of solar capacity in 2025. Germany renewables capacity for 2023 was 165GW.
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/chinas...
Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels
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#42Great idea! Want to learn more on the safety though... > Once in place, people simply plug a micro-inverter into an available wall outlet. later >Gründinger and experts at the German Solar Industry Association noted that the devices don’t generate enough power to strain the grid, and their standardized design and safety features allow them to integrate into balconies smoothly and easily. This seem to talk to the safe…
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Why not. Your decision.
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#43I was pricing out using bifacial panels for fencing. It seems like it would cost about twice the price of cedar, but last twice as long (50 years) and have less upkeep.
I started looking at that to boost my roof solar capacity. It looks like it’s permitted by code where I’m at and now the only thing I’m unsure about is vandalism since my property is against a busy street. Seems like a great idea though.
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That quote also stuck out to me. It'd be more accurate to say a dozen laptops.
Re: Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels
#45Great idea! Want to learn more on the safety though... > Once in place, people simply plug a micro-inverter into an available wall outlet. later >Gründinger and experts at the German Solar Industry Association noted that the devices don’t generate enough power to strain the grid, and their standardized design and safety features allow them to integrate into balconies smoothly and easily. This seem to talk to the safe…
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The solar panels are on the sides of the balcony, where the safety barriers are usually opaque /solid.
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#46This is cool. One annoying thing with much of San Francisco is that renting means you can't put things on the outside of the building usually (not a law just common lease language) but I have a little solar panel that I use to charge a phone that I can leave outside. This is wonderful. Power from the sun and no consumables!
Re: Germany outfitted half a million balconies with solar panels
#47Meanwhile China projected to add ~300GW of solar capacity in 2025. Germany renewables capacity for 2023 was 165GW. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/chinas...
China is also 30 times larger in area than germany.
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#48AP News had a great article about this. We really need more states to adopt this beyond Utah.
https://apnews.com/article/balcony-plug-solar-climate-energy...
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#49Meanwhile China projected to add ~300GW of solar capacity in 2025. Germany renewables capacity for 2023 was 165GW. https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/chinas...
China is also 30 times larger in area than germany.
It is! Their biggest solar farms are also in the Inner Mongolia where the irradiance is twice what you get in Germany. That said the sheer scale is crazy!
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#50> German regulations limit balcony solar systems to 800 watts, enough to power a small fridge or charge a laptop.
That gotta be a big laptop!