Overview

• Germany is on the brink of one million plug-and-play balcony photovoltaic systems following streamlined approvals and VAT exemptions.
• A legal ceiling of 800 watts for grid feed-in drives homeowners to adopt AC-coupled battery storage to boost self-consumption.
• EcoFlow’s STREAM Ultra combines a bidirectional inverter and AI-controlled management to deliver up to 2,300W output and 1.92 kWh to 12 kWh of charge capacity.
• PC-WELT and Kleines Kraftwerk are offering a €1,439 bundle of four bifacial 500 W TOPCon panels with Anker Solix Solarbank 3 Pro storage until August 4.
• Anticipated IEC standards may impose stricter plug-and-play requirements, prompting a late-summer rush to secure current mini-PV solutions.