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‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off (www.theguardian.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

couple of things to note:

  1. Not every balcony is southern facing
  2. Most older European homes don't have A/C yet, so electrical costs are more during the winter months (that trend will change though I imagine)
  3. I think the numbers @[email protected] was asking about involved power output, that of course depends on the size of your array, daily/monthly/yearly differences in weather, and all sorts of little nuances that's hard to say without averaging out years worth of data.