Nassau, New York, a town of 5,000 people just outside of Albany, New York, plans to disconnect from the electrical grid. Last week, the town board voted to get 100 percent of its power from renewables by 2020. The town is making the move both as a way to “increase its reliance on renewable sources of energy and to gain some energy independence,” Politico New York reported. Photo credit: Shutterstock “If all goes as planned,…
This U.S. town plans to disconnect from the grid and go 100% renewables
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