Living off-grid is a great way to reduce your monthly expenses as well as your environmental impact. But in the beginning, there's definitely a learning curve. A new homesteader reached out to learn ...

Citing more blackouts, wildfires and higher electricity rates, a growing number of homeowners are choosing to build homes that run entirely on solar panels and batteries. Wim Coekaerts’s off-grid home ...

If you connect your panels to the grid, you won't be responsible for producing all your own energy. That's not the case if you go off the grid. Going solar doesn't mean going off the grid -- unless ...

Perhaps you’re dreaming of obtaining your home’s electricity without having to rely on that provided by your town or city. If so, you’re hoping to go “off the grid.” And if that’s your dream, you’ve ...

A growing number of Nova Scotians are considering an off-grid home, driven by factors like electricity outages and storms, as well as a desire to be environmentally friendly. But in many cases finding ...

When my husband inherited rural land, we moved from the Northeast to live off-grid in West Virginia. Our experience has been challenging: I felt lonely at first, and our home requires a lot of upkeep.

I had been planning to move off-grid for the past 10 years, but I didn't know how it was going to happen. I didn't have the money, and I didn't know where my family and I would go, but I was slowly ...

Need a change of scenery? A quiet spot away from crowds? Here are some tips for rigging a remote escape with the bare necessities Scott Yorko With limited flights, shuttered resorts and canceled ...

One of the questions I’m asked most often is whether I think the future of power in the U.S. will be on-grid or off-grid. My answer is that it's the wrong question. Like most complex subjects—and ...

I've compiled a list of expenses I wish I'd known about before making the big move to off-grid living. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy and water ...

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Rodney Stewart receives funding from Queensland Government for a project related to intelligent electricity networks. Anything that can help cut our electricity bill is to be welcomed, and Tesla’s ...