“Easy-to-install solar panels that plug into a regular outlet are getting attention just as Americans are worried about rising energy costs. That’s because these plug-in or balcony solar panels start shaving off part of a homeowner’s or renter’s utility bill right away.
“”A year ago, nobody was talking about this,” says Cora Stryker, co-founder of Bright Saver, a California nonprofit group that advocates for plug-in solar. The panels are already popular in Germany, where more than 1.2 million of the small plug-in systems are registered with the German government.”
You can buy the kit for $2,500. Using my rates and usage, it’s still not worth it.
Monthly savings
$21.25
89 kWh offset
New est. bill $90.01 down from $111.26
Annual savings $255 per year
9.8 yrs to break even
@FaygoRedPop That sounds about the same break-even rate I calculated for my rooftop solar.
And for someone renting it’s that or nothing, so 10 years to break even vs never breaking even seems like a decent deal
What size of unit did you calculate with? Typically the ones sold in Europe are below 1000€, some even as cheap as 600€.
It’s all on their website:
https://www.brightsaver.org/backyard-solar-with-battery
You can probably order one for half the price 🤷