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
Submitted 4 weeks ago by solo@slrpnk.net to energy@slrpnk.net
https://theecologist.org/2025/may/07/rooftop-solar-can-be-torn-out-capitals-hands
grue@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Well, yeah. That’s why the entrenched corporate interests hate it so much.
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 4 weeks 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.