Yeah, the Isles of Shoals are pretty – but, man, check out that microgrid!

Islands have long depended on generators burning fossil fuel, usually diesel, for their electricity. That works pretty well, but it’s expensive and stinky. The arrival of cheap solar power and ever-cheaper batteries pushes many of them to dump the diesel, for environmental and budgetary reasons. By doing so, they create a new kind of power grid.

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