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"Balcony solar is now officially legal in the UK, with plug-in panels and
batteries up for sale as of Thursday, including through one of Britain’s
biggest retailers, Argo, where single panel units start at £599, including
through buy-now-pay-later deals, or for just over £24 a month through a payment
plan.
The UK joins Spain and Germany in embracing plug-in solar, Germany being the
originator of the term
balkonkraftwerk – balcony power plant – due to the
huge number of apartment dwellers that have used the technology to generate
power from sun-drenched terraces and slash their bills.
The UK has made plug-in solar happen relatively quickly, having announced in
March that paving the way for the technology would be prioritised as part of a
suite of measures designed to bolster national energy security in the midst of
another fuel crisis.
This has not gone unnoticed in Australia, where groups like Solar Citizens are
taking the opportunity to remind the federal and state governments and relevant
regulatory authorities that they, too, could make balcony solar happen – within
the space of a year.
Pressure is also mounting from across the proverbial ditch, where New Zealand
is threatening to beat Australia to the punch after a major government review
said legalising plug-in solar could be achieved within nine to 12 months given
work has already started on determining the approach to developing or modifying
standards.
To make plug-in solar happen in Australia requires making it legal – and safe –
to plug in and use. But as Smart Energy Lab general manager Glenn Morris puts
it, “none of the concerns raised about plug-in solar needs new technology, they
need a rule that says what is acceptable.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
