As soon as the price of #BalconySolar units in the US drops 70% as they did in Germany and become widespread, their ability to provide disaster resilience will be acknowledged.

A 5 kWh battery costs only 1500 Euros in Germany, or 1770 US dollars.

Many units feature an emergency AC outlet. That would keep the lights on and serve critical household loads for several days in case of black out.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/in-2026-virtual-power-plants-must-scale-or-risk-being-left-behind/810321/

As soon as the price of #BalconySolar units in the US drops 70% as they did in Germany and become widespread, their ability to provide disaster resilience will be acknowledged.

A 5 kWh battery costs only 1500 Euros in Germany, or 1770 US dollars.

Many units feature an emergency AC outlet. That would keep the lights on and serve critical household loads for several days in case of black out.

https://www.utilitydive.com/news/in-2026-virtual-power-plants-must-scale-or-risk-being-left-behind/810321/

The Clean Energy States Alliance has published a report on “What States Need to Know about #PlugInSolar”.

The report is summary about #balconysolar from an #American perspective.

Although we think the German prices are calculated a little bit to high, because we think you can have installation cost as low as 0,28 EUR/Wp, its a good overview.

It also contains a cost return calculator for #solar on the balcony for #US Consumers.

Amongst other the report also mentions #CPAP machines as good examples for #emergencypower use, higlighting the systems ability to provide #electrictiy even during #grid failure, if you have battery!

https://balkon.solar/news/2026/01/10/us-plug-in-solar-cost-recovery-calculator/

The Clean Energy States Alliance has published a report on “What States Need to Know about #PlugInSolar”.

The report is summary about #balconysolar from an #American perspective.

Although we think the German prices are calculated a little bit to high, because we think you can have installation cost as low as 0,28 EUR/Wp, its a good overview.

It also contains a cost return calculator for #solar on the balcony for #US Consumers.

Amongst other the report also mentions #CPAP machines as good examples for #emergencypower use, higlighting the systems ability to provide #electrictiy even during #grid failure, if you have battery!

https://balkon.solar/news/2026/01/10/us-plug-in-solar-cost-recovery-calculator/

@pluralistic Thank you for helping solar power get to people. As you share, the fossil fuel and technology sectors are trying to add choke points to solar power systems. #solar, #solarpunk, #offgridsolar, #balconysolar, #growyourown, #solarpower, #solarpanels