John Farrell Talks Democratizing the Electricity System Through Decentralizing Power on WKBM
| Written by John Farrell | No Comments | Updated on Dec 19, 2011 The content that follows was originally published on the Institute for Local Self-Reliance website at http://www.ilsr.org/john-farrell-talks-democratizing-electricity-system-through-decentralizing-power-wkbm/
In this Nov. 20 interview with Baruch on his WKBM Paradigms program, we talked about:
- The coming decentralization of the electricity system
- The folly of a building inherently decentralized technology (wind and solar) in a centralized fashion
- The benefits for local ownership of a decentralized system
- How limited economies of scale for solar and wind power aid local ownership (and why utility-scale wind still makes sense)
- How the rules are still stacked against community ownership of renewable energy
- How a few great community projects have still managed to succeed
- And how local ownership can significantly increase public support for wind power
Click to listen to the interview