Because apartment living is far more common in Europe, and tenants generally have more rights as to what they can do with these apartments compared to the US. I can’t imagine trying to get an apartment building in the US to allow you to wire in a solar battery and hang panels off the balcony, they’d never agree. A quick read shows that balcony solar became a right of sorts in Germany in 2024. Americans have no such allowance.
Because apartment living is far more common in Europe, and tenants generally have more rights as to what they can do with these apartments compared to the US. I can’t imagine trying to get an apartment building in the US to allow you to wire in a solar battery and hang panels off the balcony, they’d never agree. A quick read shows that balcony solar became a right of sorts in Germany in 2024. Americans have no such allowance.