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A recent action by the state of California demonstrates how unreliable the electric grid has become – but also foreshadows the future of electricity in America. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is requiring utilities to start storing large amounts ...

The Amish culture is alive and well in America, and we can learn a lot from their way of life. There are approximately 300,000 Amish citizens still living an 1800s lifestyle in the United States. Amish communities exist in 30 ...

Electric bills are going up as the amount of electricity available to consumers is decreasing, according to data released by two separate federal agencies. Electricity production in the United States has steadily declined since an all-time high in 2007 even ...

Solar power is definitely emerging as the preeminent alternative energy form. Few power generation technologies are as simple, robust or affordable as solar power. Sure, some geographic areas have steady, predictable winds, and thus wind farms make sense. Other localities ...

Everyone agrees that water is needed for survival and articles abound for how to find water and purify it for drinking. But all those articles have one thing in common: They are talking about purifying water from biological hazards. Normally, ...

Many of America’s largest corporations now believe the electric grid is unreliable and are quietly developing the capability to operate without it. Companies in a wide variety of industries are scrambling to produce their own energy. Retailers, technology companies, and ...

The usage of solar power is growing around the world, and that includes the remote jungles of Burma. The leader of a humanitarian worker in Burma tells Off the Grid News that without solar power, his work would be much ...

Arizona is experimenting with some pretty exciting stuff! SOLON Corporation has developed a 1.6MW solar array whose energy output will be made available to Tucson Electric Power Customers beginning February 1, 2011, through TEP’s Bright Tucson Community Solar Program. According ...

Solar power systems have continued to evolve in many ways over their decades-long history. Their maturity includes innovations that make them more efficient, less expensive, and with greater durability than ever before. All of these changes help to make a ...

Even though solar power technology has been available for decades, it has only really started to become very popular in recent years as a result of several key improvements to these systems. These key changes help to make these systems ...