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Bright Saver, a San Francisco-based nonprofit, aims to bring the European balcony solar trend to U.S. homes with low-cost, plug-in systems that require no interconnection and no permits in some places (pv-magazine-usa.com)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

The only problem here is the dumb subscription model

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago

I guess the hardware is just leased? That means the company gets all the tax credits…

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

They mention people will own them outright after 6 years. So it's free electricity from that point onwards.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

You can also buy the system outright for $1850, which is solid for 800W and the professional electrician install they need for power sensing and anti-islanding requirements to prevent power from being fed back to the grid.

The panels are worth about $500, so you're mainly paying for the electrician in the above.