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Neighborly energy barter

Everybody has asked their neighbor for milk when the shops were closed. But what about electricity? With new legislation, villages in the EU are setting up systems where this could soon be a reality.

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Marian Willuhn

13 May 2019

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The technical system overview over the proposed energy system taht could see the 46 homes being disconnected from the grid. | Image: Flroijn de Graaf, Source: Space & Matter

Florijn de Graaf is an energy system engineer with Spectral, a spin-off of sustainability consultancy Metabolic. He promised his father to help him set up a solar carport at a sustainable ecovillage, where his father lives. The Aardehuizen in Olst in the Netherlands has become a playground for engineers seeking to solve the conundrum of …

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