Global Ecovillage Network/Solution Library/Off-grid living

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To be self reliant and to create clean, sustainable energy The falling price of the technology and the rising price of energy now makes living off-grid a realistic and viable option.

Renewable energy systems are now well established and generally available but with costly or problematic electric storage issues few have risked going off-grid. However initiatives like Tesla Motors commitment to increasing battery production and halving their cost make the economics of off-grid living comparable to buying power from the Utility Companies. It might require an initial capital input but from there onward costs are principally maintenance and renewal and the power itself is free and more importantly can be clean and carbon neutral.

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• https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/apr/11/power-energy-companies