Solar Panels That Plug into Your Wall Are About to Be Everywhere

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The unit generates enough electricity to run laptops, lights, and some appliances, including the refrigerator. Plug-in solar, also known as balcony solar because apartment dwellers can use it, is spreading quickly across the U. S. Homes where rooftop solar creates electricity wire the energy into the home through the circuit breaker panel, and excess electricity flows back to the utility. But power from plug-in systems stays in the home.

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