[x-post r/GoodNewsEU] Deutschland hat sich zu einem Spitzenreiter im Bereich Plug-in-Solar entwickelt. Warum brauchen andere europäische Länder so lange?
Germany has become a leader in plug-in solar. What's taking other European countries so long?
byu/swanworth__ inGoodNewsEU
Von swanworth__
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Feels like some countries just aren’t prioritizing solar yet
Germany pushed early with incentives and simplified regulations for small-scale solar. In many countries, the paperwork alone discourages people.
Belgium only allowed it early this year, and then only „approved“ ones, which contains like 3 models…
Germany is expanding coal burning at incredible rate.
Who cares about a single subset of green energy when any other european country is more developped in all other kind of green energy.
What propaganda is this?
Sorry about the question but aren’t these solar panels made in China?
One would hope that, with such privileges, Europe would develop its own domestic production- otherwise it looks like we’re sponsoring R&D for China with European money. In the end, it turns out that by winning in one area, we end up permanently enslaved in another.
Say thanks to Aldi and Lidl
Here we need an aproved firm to install it. That take the price way to far up. And when you can get half back from the state, they double ther prices, so they get the money. Wish it was so easy as going to the Hornbach , take it home and plug it in.
It may be cheap but it does not produced much either and I’m at work during the day so I can’t use the electricity, I have a friend who did the math and abandoned the idea.
Answer: They miss the main ingredient: Germans. We love the feeling of saving money and do things on our own. With own electricity we can show it the big companies. (Wir zeigen es denen mal!)
Safety is what’s keeping those illegal. You need to make damn sure those small shitty panels turn off when the grid is down, so you don’t kill the technicians working on the LV grid.
It’s basic grid compliance.
I bought this in Germany and brought it back home to Denmark. Fast forward three weeks and I got a very stern letter from the gridoperator telling me to take it down or they will seek legal permission to enter my home and do it. Plus I would get a fine…. Super 😒
That’s nice!
Many people now are interesting these cases in Poland too. My dad is making stuff like this.
plug in solar is basically useless if:
you have the space for full roof solar
if you don’t get paid for production
if your main production is at a time you can’t use it, and then you loose it
We can have that in Hungary as well. You just need it approved by the electricity provider (couple months of paperwork), get your meter replaced (couple weeks of administration) and you are good to go.
[https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/miliband-solar-plug-in-homes-5HjdWmY_2/](https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/miliband-solar-plug-in-homes-5HjdWmY_2/)
We’re on the way to it in the UK
For Belgium, it’s Fluvius, our government electric grid company. They took ages to approve these things and they’re famous by now for making up new rules to annoy people with green investments.
Example: the grid is too old to properly supply enough power for people to charge their electric cars at home, so they made up a „capacity tax“ where people have to pay a huge tax based on their peak electricity consumption. They also want you to pay one of their certified technicians to register your car charger at home or batteries at home, etc