Most roads, bridges, transit, water systems, the electric grid, and communications networks were installed 50 to 100 years ago, and they are largely taken for granted until they fail.
出自-2017年6月閱讀原文
If they generate more power than the home is using, the excess flows into the utility's power grid (電網).
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
They only pay for the excess power that flows into the utility's power grid
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
They pay for the electricity from the grid less their home-generated power.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
What happens to the centralized electric grid, which took decades and billions of dollars to build, as more and more people become prosumers, who produce and consume their own energy on-site?No one knows which – if any – battery technology will ultimately dominate, but one thing remains clear: The future of energy is in how we store it.
出自-2016年12月閱讀原文
What happens to the centralized electric grid, which took decades and billions of dollars to build, as more and more people become "prosumers," who produce and consume their own energy on-site?