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> Soon, islanding of homes, and the spread of more micro grids, means that a lot of the older reasoning in this article won't make much sense This. Not only is

> Soon, islanding of homes, and the spread of more micro grids, means that a lot of the older reasoning in this article won't make much sense This. Not only is it not mentioned in the article, it seems to be largely absent from the minds of planners, as the development and implementation of micro grids is mostly ad hoc and haphazard. But the lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, as well as the increased likelihood of natural disasters (tornadoes, floods) should make the support of microgrids priority number one. I assume the tardy adoption is because microgrids is still a fairly new technology, and not some nefarious plot by central governments to keep people dependent on their centralized systems. Right?

cudgy 4y ago
Unfortunately, the massive influence of central grid profiteers make the obviously beneficial (especially in times of disaster and war) move to micro grids progress at the slowest possible pace.
- AstralStorm 4y ago
  The thing about microgrids is that maintenance falls onto the owner. You still require specialized knowledge and perhaps team of people who can handle it to maintain the microgrid and repair it. You still require supply chains for the complicated parts that cannot be easily replaced, mostly batteries and inverters. In a shortage situation, central grids will be under pressure to be fixed immediately, but your single set of wind turbines or solar panels might not be. So the way I see it, microgrids would be maintained by cities and communities instead. The level of distribution would make it similar in action to the times of old coal power plants, one per city.