Comments on: Preparing For “Cheaper Than Grid” Solar Electricity

By: Ronald Brak

Ronald Brak — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:07:00 +0000

Stealth solar would be very handy in my country, but it would have to be designed so people don’t get arrested for providing free electricity to the grid without a permit. It might even have to be sold as “camping gear” and just happen to be able to provide household power.

By: sola

sola — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:45:00 +0000

This is not much of a solution since its maximum power output needs to be limited to the minimum consumption of your house. Otherwise you are loosing money by sending electricity to the grid without having it metered.

This package kit would be great if it had an affordable electricity storage solution included in the package.

It could also helped by a house automation system and dispatchable electricity consumers in the house (say a heat pump which can use the solar electricity at any time and provide heating or cooling when there is excess solar electricity).

By: David Fuchs

David Fuchs — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 03:20:00 +0000

This is where Solar as an appliance comes in. No permits are needed. Get a panel with synchronizing inverter, plug it into an outlet and like magic you have power with out the need of a permit.

Next on the to do list create a plug in 120-220 volt panel to plug panels into. Then sell that as an appliance.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-57432731-76/got-a-deck-solar-panels-now-a-plug-in-appliance/