Japan embraces renewable energy as dozens of towns go off-grid

In the last six years, dozens of Japanese towns have worked to decentralize their power generation and storage systems, with many capable of powering themselves for days without sucking power from the conventional grid

by Barbara Eldredge@barbaraeldredge

https://www.curbed.com/2017/9/20/16338172/japan-renewable-energy-off-grid-decentralized-power