Like all buildings should have some kind of standard for solar panel placement added or retrofitted with a very low cost modular mounted frame. Then, when you get an appliance it has a built in battery and comes paired with the right size panels that are sized for each region in the local store/wholesale distribution layer.

The whole scheme is hybrid in the first phase of a decade or so while edge cases and issues come up, like how to handle high rise buildings. Then the burden of grid infrastructure is less of a burden on the poor in total because few people are going to replace all appliances in this instance unlike those that can install a whole house solar system. The entire thing would be more incremental and serviceable over time with modularity. It is less efficient overall compared to a single controller and battery but doesn’t require large upfront cost or repurchase later down the line.

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    3 days ago

    Im going to speak from experience here that adding solar to my house was fairly easy and fairly cheap. The caveat being that i did it all myself. An understanding of basic electrical concepts and watching a few videos of how to mount the panels and bingo. What would have cost me probably 30k to have a contractor do i did myself for under 7k. Modern AIO inverters are a godsend along companies like SanTan solar who have fantastic deals on batts and panels. The biggest hindrance to us all are going to be the local nimbys and code nazis.