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Rooftop solar can be torn out of capital’s hands | Decentralised solar has the potential to support co-operative, municipal and other forms of community ownership and control

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨solo@slrpnk.net⁩ to ⁨energy@slrpnk.net⁩

https://theecologist.org/2025/may/07/rooftop-solar-can-be-torn-out-capitals-hands

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well, yeah. That’s why the entrenched corporate interests hate it so much.

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    • HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      It is a combination of that and the cost of maintaining the grid typically gets paid by power usage, which falls apart when people self produce most of their power.

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