Apartment dwellers are now plugging solar panels into wall outlets
This compact energy system turns apartment balconies into power plants, letting tenants harvest sunlight with the ease of hanging laundry and a simple wall plug.
A standard European wall socket can now do more than just draw power; it can receive it. In cities like Berlin and Munich, apartment dwellers are mounting lightweight solar panels to their railings and plugging them directly into their home outlets. These systems use a microinverter to transform raw sunlight into the same alternating current that runs a toaster. A single 400-watt panel can slash an annual electricity bill by up to 50 percent, generating enough power to run a refrigerator and a television for free.
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