Many innovators are suggesting implementing new local energy networks called microgrids to improve this ability to pool and share locally generated electricity.
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Microgrids are the way to get started tacking this problem, he said.
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This strategy also lends itself to distributed energy generation on local microgrids which can be smartly connected to the existing nation grid.