The Chinese firm HIITO is among the global PV manufacturers feeding the balcony solar frenzy, providing ratepayers with simple, easy access to clean power (cropped, courtesy of HIITO).
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“Balcony solar” has been one of the more popular stories of the past year. More and more locations are allowing plug-and-play solar. No need for a permit. No need to wait for months to install solar. No need for a solar installer at all. You just plug in your solar panels and collect the energy.
Now, the biggest state of all is on the verge of approving plug-in solar. If California was a country, it would be the 4th largest economy in the world, only trailing the USA as a whole, China, and Germany. It led the USA in solar power installations for a long time, but big cuts to net metering policies in the Golden State have hurt the industry massively. The California Supreme Court just decided to kill efforts to appeal the California Public Utilities Commission’s net metering cuts, but perhaps balcony solar can help boost the industry a bit.
The California State Assembly’s Committee on Utilities and Energy just voted 18-0 to advance SB 868, the bill that would allow plug-in solar panels in the state.
