Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to pics@lemmy.world · 4 days agoAn unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.slrpnk.netimagemessage-square69fedilinkarrow-up1522arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1519arrow-down1imageAn unusually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.slrpnk.netViking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com to pics@lemmy.world · 4 days agomessage-square69fedilinkfile-text
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/36435067 An usually wide adoption of rooftop solar in Aleppo, Syria.
minus-squarelonesomeCat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24·3 days agoI live there. I can confirm, I believe right now it’s because our gov cannot pay for it. The price of power has increased by 800% since Jan 2026. Much more than the avg citizen can afford
minus-squarepastermil@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-23 days agoWhere do you folks source your solar panel from?
minus-squarejoostjakob@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoSo these are systems that work when the main power is down? Do people have battery packs too?
minus-squareMashedTech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoYes. Tech Altar video about tech in Syria
minus-squarelonesomeCat@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoYes. Shit load of battery packs and DC2AC inverters Almost every house has at least some sort of battery
I live there. I can confirm, I believe right now it’s because our gov cannot pay for it. The price of power has increased by 800% since Jan 2026. Much more than the avg citizen can afford
Where do you folks source your solar panel from?
China
I’d say China and resellers
So these are systems that work when the main power is down? Do people have battery packs too?
Yes.
Tech Altar video about tech in Syria
Cool, thanks for that link!
Yes. Shit load of battery packs and DC2AC inverters
Almost every house has at least some sort of battery