Going Off The Grid: Benefits Of Microgrids

As  response to affordable and renewable energy options, microgrids can offer great benefits to homeowners and small communities interested in energy independence from big power companies.  Natural disasters like Hurricane Katrina helped to encourage the development of residential microgrids in the US.  Are you interested in going off the grid?  Keep reading to learn more about the benefits of microgrids and click this link to read the full article.

What Are Microgrids?

A microgrid is a local energy grid. It’s located on your property and is connected to your traditional power grid, which delivers the energy for powering your home. Power outages, however, disrupt that delivery. Microgrids, in response, automatically disconnect from the traditional grid and begin powering your home.

Microgrids are powered by batteries, fuel or renewable resources. Because the cost of solar and wind has declined, while the cost of diesel has risen, hybrid microgrids or microgrids exclusively powered by renewable resources are often more cost effective for homeowners. And renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, rely on traditional power grids to harvest energy. If the traditional grid is offline, they’ll also be offline. A microgrid, though, powers them and can use their energy storages to power your home.