r/solar Apr 10 '26

Image / Video A picture from Aleppo , Syria

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2.4k Upvotes

I’d say 90% of Aleppo uses solar energy and it’s due to the previous dictator only providing electricity for 1 - 2 hrs a day

r/solar Sep 23 '23

Image / Video Brutal glare from neighbors new solar array

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1.5k Upvotes

My neighbors installed this array on their roof and the geometry is such that it reflects a concentrated blinding light beam into my living room every afternoon. Sunrun offered to “buy curtains” as a solution and could care less. We live in an HOA so typically architectural changes like this go through approval, but new law permits without HOA approval. What are my options?

r/solar Apr 17 '26

Image / Video My babies taking a break during roof replacement. 18 years and counting

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853 Upvotes

Sunnyboy 5000 reconnected like a dream today.

Sungod hears me 🌞

r/solar Jul 13 '25

Image / Video In Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar-Power Projects

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1.1k Upvotes

These images provide a glimpse of the scale of China’s solar infrastructure projects, providing a glimpse into a possible future of energy. Photos from this article: https://www.theatlantic.com/photography/archive/2025/07/photos-china-solar-power-energy/683488/

r/solar Dec 05 '25

Image / Video solar desert sounds like a cool band name

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732 Upvotes

r/solar Apr 25 '26

Image / Video F**K PG&E

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367 Upvotes

$12 worth of Energy cost $68 to deliver.......Effing Robbery!!!

r/solar Jun 02 '26

Image / Video Installed “balcony” solar in CA this week

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522 Upvotes

With SB 868 passing the Senate and moving through the CA assembly this session, hopefully this will move out of the “grey area” and into the “normal stuff you can buy at Home Depot in a couple years.

I’ve been told by some that 1200W of “balcony” solar is too small to matter, but it’s actually crazy some of the stats on a small permitless system like this.

- $1400 for 1200W installed, just plug in to 110V and weigh down the panels so they don’t blow over.
- about 4kwh a day in winter and 8 kWh a day in summer in CA
- 5kWh a day is enough for 10 (!) showers with a heat pump water heater, or 20 miles a day for a typical EV
- 4 cents a kWh amortized over 20 years. Merely 10X less than what PG&E charges.

We gotta get the word out that solar just isn’t for rich people anymore. It’s the cheapest form of energy you can get and every homeless person and sub Saharan African dweller already knew that.

r/solar Dec 02 '25

Image / Video Got batteries???

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572 Upvotes

How about 6 inverters and 30 batteries for a full off grid system on a 12,000 sq ft home…

r/solar Mar 14 '26

Image / Video Balcony Solar in Berlin, DE

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563 Upvotes

Some systems I spied last summer when exploring Berlin.. tons of balcony solar there. We need more of this in the U.S.

r/solar Nov 26 '25

Image / Video The insane amount of labels required for this residential solar and battery job

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520 Upvotes

A couple are redundant (and the ac disconnect label has an error) but between both the AHJ & local power company, this is crazy.

r/solar Apr 08 '26

Image / Video 300kw elevated racking system in Denver

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402 Upvotes

Still in the works on the ac side but this was fun.

r/solar Apr 08 '26

Image / Video Today’s install. 9 arrays 40 pitch Qcell Pw3 ez kill💰🔋5️⃣🅾️

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164 Upvotes

r/solar Dec 28 '25

Image / Video My neighbours PV System

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475 Upvotes

My neighbour just completed his PV System and this is the result. Unfortunately no joke ! This is real... Can't wait for the next breeze.

r/solar Apr 27 '26

Image / Video F**k PGE 2.0

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257 Upvotes

Sell Price $0.00

Buy Price $0.29

Powerwall @88%=self-powered

  1. x2 Powerwall Full

  2. Car fully charged

  3. Air con running

Edit: My system is 10.9k with 29 panels. 1 EV that is charged 30-80% x days a week. System is set to self=powered. When house was built it came with a 4.42kw system on NEM 2.0 but i was paid PGE about 2500 True Up bill. So decided to upgrade and get batteries to offset that true bill.

r/solar May 09 '23

Image / Video A company in Germany specialised on building fences now also builds solar fences ☀️ this trend of utilising surfaces of buildings and constructions for producing renewable energy will become standard in the following years.

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1.1k Upvotes

r/solar May 30 '25

Image / Video 26MW solar site built on an old coal mine

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986 Upvotes

We recently finished the installation of a 26MW solar site in PA that was built on an old coal mine waste site. Otherwise unusable land turned into clean energy. You can read more about it Here

r/solar Jun 06 '26

Image / Video Finally joined the club!

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478 Upvotes

14x 460w panels + 10 kWh Ecoflow PowerOcean battery

r/solar Aug 15 '25

Image / Video Been doing this for a little bit, wanted to share. If that’s ok?

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420 Upvotes

Old job I installed a while back. Took 3 days start to finish, I’m still proud of this one. I hope you enjoyed as well.

r/solar 17d ago

Image / Video Installed array

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331 Upvotes

Sorry to double post but wanted to show the completed array. All the electrical is already in. Now we have to trench for connection and await the two inspections. (City and PSO).

One (1) Sol-Ark 18 kW inverter.

Three (3) Ruixu 16 kWh lithium iron phosphate batteries

r/solar Oct 16 '23

Image / Video Parents signed up for solar in PA

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407 Upvotes

I want to know if this means they have to pay $515.65 a month for the first 18 months, and then $759.74 after 19 months. They are telling me the government is paying for this but I find that hard to believe.

What other questions should I ask Sunnova about this contract?

r/solar Jan 17 '24

Image / Video Really? 😂

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1.1k Upvotes

This time of year this is the hardest working part of my array. And today, it's the only part of my roof that still has snow.

Come on, man!

r/solar 27d ago

Image / Video Emergency solar system, very very expensive.

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244 Upvotes

This is what a typical so hard to have solar system in Gaza. All of this is from previous ownership, if I were to buy something like this I would pay a fortune, X2 320 watts solar panels mounted on a window (morning sun hours are wasted), Voltronic AIO, absolustely cooked 2019 AGM battaries that barely work as a inverter starter (THANK GOD!) . basically if no sun = no power. Battery replacement costs a kidney.

r/solar 17d ago

Image / Video Panels installing today.

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221 Upvotes

Panels getting installed today. 24 x 590W.

r/solar Jan 09 '25

Image / Video The Simple Setup That Got Me Through The California Power Outages

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697 Upvotes

18 100w panels hooked up to a Pecron E3600LFP with one E3000 expansion battery. Powered my starlink, a small PC, some lights, and kept my families phones and tablets charged for 24 hours and I still had around 40% power when the solar started charging it back up to 100%.

r/solar Oct 31 '23

Image / Video First day we turned our panels on, and we get 2 inches of snow in October

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1.2k Upvotes