The concept of local and decentralised forms of energy production is gaining traction within community groups across the U.S and around the world. Is Australia missing out on cheaper electricity prices and lowering our dependance on fossil fuel use through community energy initiatives?

The original article was published in The Conversation. The Article can be found here.

Around the world, people concerned about global warming and wary of higher energy costs are turning away from big power distributors in favour of local and “distributed” energy technologies and services.

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