When Nancy Hone and Greg Schmidt of St. Paul added solar energy panels to their house nine years ago, they sought to help the environment by easing up on the grid.
But now, in an odd way, their Merriam Park house may be becoming the grid, or at least a teensy part of it.
Owning a solar-powered home isn’t just about living off the grid anymore. Because they can put power back into the network, solar houses and small urban wind projects may help Minnesota meet its aggressive renewable-energy goals.
At least that’s the hope of a radical innovation in energy production called distributed power that turns traditional power production on its head.
Distributed power is suddenly in the spotlight.
At the Minnesota State Fair’s Eco Experience, fairgoers can view a home equipped with solar heating, a green roof and LED lighting that generates as much power as it consumes.
via Giving back to the grid – TwinCities.com.
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