Renewable energy may one day offer consumers relief from the widespread blackouts that have become a predictable by-product of major storms. The flexibility of wind and solar, combined with the decentralization of a microgrid, offer a degree of resilience not found in the top-down, traditional generation system, clean energy experts say.
Efforts are already underway to harness solar’s unique characteristics to help victims of hurricane Sandy, which devastated large swaths of New Jersey and New York and left millions in the dark.
See full Article: http://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/Energy-Voices/2012/1119/Are-renewables-stormproof-Hurricane-Sandy-tests-solar-wind.
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