Friday, January 25, 2013

Oak Park test drives a blackout-proof, solar-powered smart grid

Grist: The village of Oak Park might seem indistinguishable from its neighbors. A suburb on the western edge of Chicago, it shares a street grid with the city and a sustainability plan with a bordering village, River Forest. But this community of 50,000 people has a historic character all its own - and is the hometown of an impressive range of talent, including Homer Simpson voice actor Dan Castellaneta, Ernest Hemingway, actress Betty White, political advisor David Axelrod, and journalist Tavi Gevinson....

URL: http://grist.org/cities/oak-park-test-drives-a-blackout-proof-solar-powered-smart-grid/
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