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Hurricane Ian: When the power grid goes out, could solar and batteries power your home?

  • Written by Will Gorman, Graduate Student Researcher in Electricity Markets and Policy, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Hurricane Ian: When the power grid goes out, could solar and batteries power your home?Downed powerlines can mean weeks without power.Tony Webster via Flickr, CC BY-ND

Hurricane Ian’s catastrophic winds and flooding are likely to bring long-lasting power outages to large parts of Florida. The storm is the latest in a line of hurricanes and extreme heat and cold events that have knocked out power to millions of Americans in...

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