Electricity prices in Europe are rising. Many citizens also want to become more independent and help to reduce our consumption of fossil fuels. Many people are therefore considering generating their own electricity on the balcony, garden house, garden or terrace. This article is intended to provide an introduction to the topic. For the situation in North America see this Artikcle: https://poweringspaceshipearth.substack.com/p/shout-it-from-the-balconies and this research article by Mundada, Nilsiam, Pearce: „A review of technical requirements for plug-and-play solar photovoltaic microinverter systems in the United States“: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0038092X16301815?via%3Dihub Good news from Utah: https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2025/03/05/balcony-solar-gains-unanimous-bipartisan-support-in-utah/ See the Report by SolarPower Europe „Solar for all – a deep-dive on a fast-emerging PV segment“: https://www.solarpowereurope.org/press-releases/new-report-a-deep-dive-on-plug-in-solar-pv-a-fast-emerging-solar-segment The Report provides a good overview of the situation in certain European Countries. It is very difficult to actually quantify the market size for plug-in solar in Germany. But we estimate that around June 2024 we had about 2 Mio Plug-in-PV Systems in Germany. We can only tell you what we experience: The demand is huge, we are getting inquiries by large media every week, e-mails nearly every day and our seminars and workshops are booked out.  Of course we can’t give specific advice on every kind of setup in every country. … Introduction to Plug-In Solar or Plug-PV weiterlesen