Living Off the Grid: Free Yourself

Over 14,000 people have signed a petition against large solar farms in their area following plans for a development covering 2,000 acres (810 hectares) in Wiltshire. Lime Down Solar Park is des...

https://off-grid.net/solar-park-in-wiltshire-driving-locals-green/

Retired film-maker Christopher Hamblin is unmoved at the prospect of a lump-sum payment from developers to compensate him for electricity towers and cables they want to build near his village in ...

https://off-grid.net/anti-pylon-brits-could-herald-new-off-grid-era/

Whatever your views on the Arab-Israel conflicts, and on the Hamas atrocities of October 9th, nobody can no doubt that the humanitarian crisis demands immediate action by all of us – especially...

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RICHARD STABBINS begins an occasional series on the joys and heartbreaks of living on a boat in the middle of a big city. It’s early evening on the canal towpath and I’m almost home. My ha...

https://off-grid.net/windy-winter-boating-nights/

Mirissa beach is known for cool Eurotrash, beautiful surfing and whale-watching. In common with most of the country outside the dapital, the beach community struggles with an unreliable electrici...

https://off-grid.net/50-year-old-diesel-generator-in-mirissa-beach/

A new movie starring Jodie Comer explores what could happen if a flood takes the UK off-grid. Directed by rising star Mahalia Bello the film is set in a world that sees London submerged by floo...

https://off-grid.net/the-end-we-start-from-new-movie-starring-jodie-comer/

FOR RELEASE  18th Jan, 2024, United Kingdom      An evidence session tomorrow, Weds 17th Jan, before the Net Zero Commons Committee, titled ‘A Flexible Grid for the Future’, is po...

https://off-grid.net/media-alert-scottish-power-poised-to-waste-5-billion-on-upgrading-archaic-infrastructure-missing-opportunity-for-microgrid-investment/

Books, articles and TV shows about beautifully-styled off-grid cabins ,continue to attract large audiences, showing our love affair with off-grid escapism continues and is even intensifying. Of...

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The United States, with its vast and diverse landscapes, offers several states where off-grid living is more accessible and encouraged.  Here are the top states that foster an environment condu...

https://off-grid.net/the-top-five-states-for-living-off-grid-in-the-usa/