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Easy-to-use solar panels are coming, but utilities are trying to delay them (www.kuow.org)

submitted 3 days ago by grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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“Easy-to-install solar panels that plug into a regular outlet are getting attention just as Americans are worried about rising energy costs. That's because these plug-in or balcony solar panels start shaving off part of a homeowner's or renter's utility bill right away.

"”A year ago, nobody was talking about this," says Cora Stryker, co-founder of Bright Saver, a California nonprofit group that advocates for plug-in solar. The panels are already popular in Germany, where more than 1.2 million of the small plug-in systems are registered with the German government.”

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[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Plugging a power producer into an outlet does sound like a fast way to light your house on fire.

Or, if you touch the death prongs, death.

But maybe it would work. I'd not trust it, especially not in older houses.

[–] momar@layer8.space 5 points 3 days ago

@chaogomu @AmbitiousProcess That's quite usual for example in Germany now & there are good regulations for these products. They only work when there is grid power coming from the outlet as well, and they are limited in output power, to avoid both the fire and shock hazards.