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Solar and battery storage: divorcing the grid

July 17, 2020July 18, 2020 steveLeave a Comment on Solar and battery storage: divorcing the grid

What does solar power have to do with Cheerwine? Nothing really unless you’re pondering the question “where does electricity come from?” Most of us would say from our utility, and most of us would be right. However, the utilities have constructed a self-serving myth that we are merely passive consumers of a commodity beyond our

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