Community - Recent Posts https://pluginsolar.info/community/ pluginsolar.info Discussion Board en-GB Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:01:36 +0000 wpForo 60 Rules for plug-in solar panels being finalised – but not before end of summer https://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/rules-for-plug-in-solar-panels-being-finalised-but-not-before-end-of-summer/#post-75 Mon, 20 Jul 2026 21:04:06 +0000 https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2026/07/15/rules-for-plug-in-solar-panels-being-finalised-but-not-before-end-of-summer/

 

Craig Morris of the German Association of Plug-in Solar said one in 10 German households now had plug-in solar.

“The German firefighters’ association and insurance firms have said there is no increased risk from plug-in solar,” he said.

 

]]> Juri Hertel https://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/rules-for-plug-in-solar-panels-being-finalised-but-not-before-end-of-summer/#post-75 EMD - Electricity Market Design allows for direct subsidies of plug-in PV https://pluginsolar.info/community/law/emd-electricity-market-design-allows-for-direct-subsidies-of-plug-in-pv/#post-74 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 21:07:54 +0000 Hi all,

the EU Electricity Market Design is being reformed.For us this means that EU member states can now directly subsidise plug-in PV as the Dutch 'Solar and Storage Magazine' reports:

https://solarmagazine-nl.translate.goog/nieuws-zonne-energie/i44250/kabinet-gaat-uitrol-stekkerzonnepanelen-niet-bevorderen?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

(original article:https://solarmagazine.nl/nieuws-zonne-energie/i44250/kabinet-gaat-uitrol-stekkerzonnepanelen-niet-bevorderen )

 

 

]]> Juri Hertel https://pluginsolar.info/community/law/emd-electricity-market-design-allows-for-direct-subsidies-of-plug-in-pv/#post-74 RE: Plug-in solar being raised by Green Party in Ireland http://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/plug-in-solar-being-raised-by-green-party-in-ireland/paged/2/#post-73 Tue, 19 May 2026 18:40:24 +0000 The party's spokes person goes ahead:

 

"He is not waiting for the go-ahead, he says, and has ordered panels for his own balcony already."

See the last sentence

https://www.dublininquirer.com/council-shoots-down-proposal-for-emergency-solar-panels-on-council-homes-before-winter/


]]> Juri Hertel http://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/plug-in-solar-being-raised-by-green-party-in-ireland/paged/2/#post-73 RE: Plug-in solar being raised by Green Party in Ireland http://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/plug-in-solar-being-raised-by-green-party-in-ireland/#post-71 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:36:53 +0000 Janet Horner election candidate in Dublin Central Bye-Election for Green Party, on rooftop solar:https://mastodon.ie/@JanetPHorner/116479030488074284https://www.instagram.com/reel/DXkHPoQDpBp/?https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRbxMKpn/https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1GVLs1JiWb/?https://www.linkedin.com/posts/janetphorner_great-news-for-solar-this-week-renewable-ugcPost-7453872247401988096-kvlL

]]> ElaineBaker http://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/plug-in-solar-being-raised-by-green-party-in-ireland/#post-71 RE: Plug-in solar being raised by Green Party in Ireland http://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/plug-in-solar-being-raised-by-green-party-in-ireland/#post-70 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 23:01:05 +0000 correction:that was the Examiner ion the 17th of April 2026.See link

]]> Juri Hertel http://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/plug-in-solar-being-raised-by-green-party-in-ireland/#post-70 RE: Plug-in solar being raised by Green Party in Ireland http://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/plug-in-solar-being-raised-by-green-party-in-ireland/#post-69 Mon, 20 Apr 2026 22:57:14 +0000 Update on Ireland in the Examiner 14.4.2026

Government 'very open' to plug-in solar panels

Plug-in solar panels can be plugged directly into a mains socket for energy generation

https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-41829374.html

]]> Juri Hertel http://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/plug-in-solar-being-raised-by-green-party-in-ireland/#post-69 Up to 20% solar share in the Irish grid https://pluginsolar.info/community/energy-grid/up-to-20-solar-share-in-the-irish-grid/#post-68 Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:21:35 +0000 With the war drums creating fear of 'energy security' silent progress is made by solar power in Ireland: 

 

https://www.eirgrid.ie/news/march-sees-almost-50-electricity-generated-renewables-new-records-grid-scale-solar

]]> Juri Hertel https://pluginsolar.info/community/energy-grid/up-to-20-solar-share-in-the-irish-grid/#post-68 RE: Introductions from Ireland http://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/introductions-from-ireland/paged/2/#post-67 Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:51:07 +0000 myuser http://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/introductions-from-ireland/paged/2/#post-67 RE: Introductions from Ireland https://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/introductions-from-ireland/paged/2/#post-66 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:03:56 +0000 Juri Hertel https://pluginsolar.info/community/ireland/introductions-from-ireland/paged/2/#post-66 Suddenly a role model: How Great Britain wants to emulate the German solar boom https://pluginsolar.info/community/reality/suddenly-a-role-model-how-great-britain-wants-to-emulate-the-german-solar-boom/#post-65 Mon, 30 Mar 2026 22:02:32 +0000 I found this article online,maybe of interest in the connection with the new war:

https://www.heise.de/en/news/Suddenly-a-role-model-How-Great-Britain-wants-to-emulate-the-German-solar-boom-11240682.html

 

Atom power doesn't seem to work in this crisis.It didn't during the last crisis.And not during the one before.

]]> Juri Hertel https://pluginsolar.info/community/reality/suddenly-a-role-model-how-great-britain-wants-to-emulate-the-german-solar-boom/#post-65