3 days Ago By John Smith
For years, private individuals have been considering installing solar panels to their roofs but it’s not cheap, requires quite a lot of work before it can be completed and in some cases requires special permission. In Germany however an estimated 1.5 million apartment dwellers have discovered that it is relatively inexpensive, easy to organise and financially beneficial to obtain do it yourself plug in balcony solar panels for their balconies.
The Germans have even created a word for balcony solar panels With the German’s love of putting words together to create new ones, there is even a special word for those who have followed this option as they have installed a Balkonkraftwerk (balcony power plant). Most Read on Euro Weekly News Tesla slams German union 'plot' to spark chaos at Berlin gigafactory German arrested in Russian rail sabotage scandal German island bans Christmas tradition of spanking women with cow horns! Manufacturers say that installing a pair of 300-watt panels will give a saving of up to 30 per cent on a typical household’s electricity bill so that with an outlay of €400-800 and with no installation cost, the panels could pay for themselves within a few years. Plug in and run balcony solar panels an ideal solution for Spain They are easy to install, and knock chunks off electricity bills so Spain’s balcony scene has started to take note as the country embraces what has hitherto been a mainly German love affair with DIY plug-in solar panels.
The same concept has been taken up in Finland but when one considers that number of apartments with balconies that exist in Spain and the amount of sunlight hitting much of the country daily, this seems to be an ideal solution to producing green energy and saving money. As with most innovations, there is however a hidden cost as whilst it is cheap and easy to generate the solar power, you may also need to obtain a battery storage system costing around €1,000 if you want to use your newly created electricity at night. This concept is not going to solve the world’s energy problem but every little piece counts towards saving money and making a greener planet.
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