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 threadUrbanEdm13h ago

@frank @Daveography I can't imagine the weather would be a bigger barrier for balcony solar than rooftop. Probably less since the vertical mounting would never be covered by snow.

There seems to be unreasonable fear of backfeeding circuits that takes forever to update standards, despite evidence from elsewhere (including the US that uses almost identical electrical standards.)

Show threadFrank 🍁⚜️
@UrbanEdm Yeah, that's what I think too
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