| ▲ | dhosek 5 hours ago | |
If we can get balcony solar in the US that will be a huge game changer. | ||
| ▲ | driverdan 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |
Unless it's not allowed in your lease nothing is stopping you, go for it. | ||
| ▲ | fred_is_fred 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
It's legal in a few states already including Colorado and Utah - with more coming. | ||
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| ▲ | engineer_22 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Subtropical latitudes in continental US markets, you're looking at like $2/yr/sq ft of value for the power output. I'd want solar panels for like $5/sq ft installed, expecting 10 years of life. It's going to cost $1000 minimum to install, so the panels need to cost $2/sq ft x 300 sq ft to make this worth it. $1000 to install 300 sq ft + inverter and electrical panel upgrades seems light but might be reasonable we'll go with it. Larger than a balcony, but maybe in the realm of possibility for a roof. Right now solar panels cost what? $10 per square foot? Have they reached the physical limit of economic production/storage/transportation at $10 per sq ft or can it go lower? (Let's not get into battery micro-storage economics). | ||