Comment on Britons could soon install balcony solar panels in flats and rental homes
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours agoYes, its kinda complicated and there are lots of reasons. The solar advocacy groups fought a lot to make it so that you dont even have to ask/notify your landlord or energy provider for these <800W installations
- Feeding in a lot of power (and especially quickly switching it on and off) can create grid instability
- At some point (really big installations) you are even required to install a remote disconnect system that the provider can use to turn off your installation if the grid is overloaded
- You dont get the same amount of money for selling energy then buying it, which means with high power installations the provider loses money if they dont install a smart meter (meter that keeps track of how much flows out and into the grid)
- With <800W installations the provider can still install a smart meter if they want, but you dont have to notify them of your installation
MouldyCat@feddit.uk 8 hours ago
That’s neat. Someone told me about inverters you could just plug into a wall socket and have it feed appliances in the house here in Spain, but I just thought they were crazy.
In Germany, can you use the solar panels to directly feed the grow-lamps for a couple of healthy cannabis plants? Is that also permitted?