Frank 🍁⚜️1d ago

With the price of #energy rising, #eu seems to adopt alternatives for every day people.

Balcony #solar systems.

For a one time cost, you can decentralise a bit of #electricity generation for yourself.

But as always, #canada is so behind. We don't seem to have the technical certifications and requirements to make it work.

Also, I'm not sure how it would last with Canadian weather.

https://www.theenergymix.com/balcony-solar-a-largely-untapped-option-in-canada/

Balcony Solar a Largely Untapped Option in Canada

Regulatory, technical, and building barriers limit adoption, despite growing interest in plug-in solar systems and widespread use in Europe and the United States.

The Energy Mix
Show threadPaul Turnbull 🇨🇦
@frank The panels should be fine through winter. There are lots of panels on rooftops all over the country. Also parts of Europe get lots of winter too.
Mar 28 at 5:41pmWeb
Show threadFrank 🍁⚜️17h ago
@Chigaze Yeah, I thought about that. I just assume you have to clear the snow from time to time.
Show threadPaul Turnbull 🇨🇦17h ago
@frank You can but for the rooftop ones the times of year they’re covered are typically low generation times anyways. If they’re steep enough the snow just sluffs off eventually. The ones in the article that hang of balconies don’t look like they could hold snow.
Show threadFrank 🍁⚜️17h ago

@Chigaze In the picture, they hold the panel vertically so I don't think they would hold snow, but they should still be well attached and possibly locked.

Or just don't use them during winter and remove them.