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Germany just now approved new laws that make setting up solar on your balcony super easy (www.tagesschau.de)

submitted 7 months ago by Temperche@slrpnk.net to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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Just 10 years ago, landlords could ban you from putting solar cells on your balcony because it makes their building look "messy". Now Germany is really pushing forward to let everybody put solar modules on their balcony with these new laws. How is legalization of balcony solar cells in your country? Is setting up solar modules on your balcony easy or difficult law-wise?

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[–] Cort@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think I was more advocating for automatic switching at the meters when grid power isn't sensed at the meter. The same type of sensing that goes into larger solar inverters to prevent back feeding during power outages today. 20-40+ years ago your argument about having to go home to home manually shutting off connections would have made sense, but these days technology is advanced far enough that it can be done automatically without human intervention, as soon as the grid goes down. Then brought back up when grid power returns.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

I think those technologies are the reason why it's easier for government to permit small personal solar installations now compared to before.

With generators it's harder to trust everyone that might have one.