In Germany and Austria, a balcony-solar setup skips the cloud, and Home Assistant spots a 5% buffer

In Germany and Austria, a balcony-solar setup skips the cloud, and Home Assistant spots a 5% buffer

A Reddit post about a balcony solar upgrade is shedding light on a surprisingly important detail in home energy tech: Sometimes the smartest battery feature is the one that looks like a flaw at first. For apartment dwellers and small-space solar users in Germany and Austria, the post on the r/homeassistant subreddit highlights a system that works locally, skips the cloud, and plays nicely with the Home Assistant automation system. What's happeni…