TINAKILLY
CASE STUDY
A GRID OF THEIR OWN IRISH HOUSING SCHEME POINTS TO A FUTURE OF DECENTRALISED POWER A new development in County Wicklow demonstrates how typical housing estates might be turned into electricity microgrids through solar power and battery storage, with residents buying and selling renewable energy from each other, helping to insulate them from price spikes and outages.
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