Power Shift is Ellyn Lapointe’s ongoing Gizmodo series that explores advancements in green technology, with a focus on renewable energy, grid modernization, and emissions reduction.
Amid surging energy demand from AI data centers, costly efforts to upgrade the aging power grid, and tightened global gas supplies, electric bills are skyrocketing across the United States. As Americans try to cut costs, an affordable DIY solution first popularized in Europe is now sweeping the nation.
Plug-in solar, also known as “balcony solar,” is exactly what it sounds like: compact solar energy systems that plug right into a wall outlet to supplement your…
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