Modernizing the US grid is a mammoth task, one that is spurring new lines of thought about generation and transmission resources.
Renegades, some may call them, but people have lived off-grid for decades by relying exclusively on solar panels for electricity. Disconnected from their local utility, they have no central back-up and no reliability. Most solar electric users are less extreme. They remain connected to the utility and use a combination of solar and grid power.
Now, a Maine, US energy company has proposed a third and unique kind of relationship between solar energy system owners and the conventional electric grid. It is neither on-grid nor off-grid; instead solar energy becomes the grid.
via Supergrid for Renewables: Coloring the US Grid Green – Renewable Energy World.
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