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A couple of solar panels on the balcony railing, a lead into an ordinary socket, and the house takes a little less from the grid while the sun's out. Germany allows it under set conditions, and the UK joined in at the end of August. So can you do it in Ireland? The answer comes in two halves. When going to press with this article, Irish officials still say plugging a solar kit into a socket yourself isn't compliant. The route they describe as compliant today is having it hard

No solar panels. No sunshine required. A battery that might still help with the electricity bill. In a country where "sunny spells" counts as a good forecast, you'd have to admit that has a certain appeal. In Ireland we don't have as many sunny days as other countries, many of us are either renting our homes or live in apartments where we can't even think about put up solar panels. Across the water in the UK, there is a great excitement about plug-in Solar panels and power ge