microgrids
How microgrids could help Colorado mountain towns in the winter
San Miguel Power sees community-sized solar grids as a way for small mountain towns to keep the lights burning through storms and avalanches.
The solar-panel backlash is here
Study: Microgrids could reduce California power shutoffs—to a point
Researchers report that isolated grids that produce their own power could support communities when the electricity goes out. But that reliability comes at a cost.
On Chicago’s South Side, Naomi Davis planted the seeds of green solutions to help black communities
As India's electrical grid strains, rural hospitals and clinics find reliable power in rooftop solar
It wasn’t until Government Maternity installed rooftop solar a year ago that it could depend on constant electricity that keeps the lights on, patients and staff comfortable and vaccines and medicines safely refrigerated. Now it's one of more than 250 hospitals or clinics that is relying on the technology to ensure modern health care in remote and rural communities.
California denies bid from home solar company to sell power as a ‘micro-utility’
The proposal would have allowed the construction of new housing developments with solar and energy storage.