Just 10 years ago, landlords could ban you from putting solar cells on your balcony because it makes their building look “messy”. Now Germany is really pushing forward to let everybody put solar modules on their balcony with these new laws. How is legalization of balcony solar cells in your country? Is setting up solar modules on your balcony easy or difficult law-wise?
Those regulations were made when solar power simply wasn’t a thing. Upgrading an entire grid takes time. But of course, the utilities would rather lobby against change than actually get off their butts and change.
Network operators and electricity sales are decoupled EU-wide, meaning that the network operator doesn’t really care if you feed in energy because they’re not selling you any anyway. They’re just operating the network, getting paid by whoever uses it. They care about the stability of the network but those solar inverters stabilise the frequency it so it’s actually a net positive for them.
Of course, your municipality might have sold off its utility and now you’re dealing with private sharks who invest nothing and just bleed everything dry. Or you’re dealing with a CDU council and major who hate renewables because it’s what the greens want.