Balcony solar promises to cut energy costs and grid reliance for renters and apartment-dwellers. I did a trial run at my home.
Mostly notable because the Washington Post is a US publication, and there is approximately zero balcony solar in the US.
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Where do you buy equipment for this kind of thing though?
I could buy a bunch of Jackery panels and batteries but isn’t that pretty expensive for the capacity you get? They are easy to use but not really designed for this, I doubt batteries for residential use are drop tested for example.
2kWh £1400, +2kWh at £900 each up to 12kWh. Solar panels: 200w £400 each, (up to 6? - £2400 for 1.2kW)
So 1.2kW solar with 6kWh storage would be £5.6k. Could be worth it for building your own off grid cabin but not sure how reasonable it would be for a regular household.
In countries where it is widespread, there are dedicated panels sold for this, rather than ones designed for off-grid emergency batteries. They’re reasonable compared with the cost of electricity.