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Stock market closing: Sensex inches over 800 points, Nifty also closes 1.27% up
All broad market indices made a sharp rebound, except India VIX, which dipped by 13.72%. Nifty Next…
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Homeowners are getting paid up to $10,500 a year to create 'virtual power plants' to help out stressed grids
A growing number of homeowners are getting paid to leverage their rooftop solar, battery storage, a…
Catherine Boudreau
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The new laptop-sized Starlink Mini could be the ultimate off-grid travel gadget
The SpaceX satellite internet company is currently limiting sales of the $599 device, which can run…
Dominick Reuter
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Inside a new disaster-proof neighborhood in Florida, where million-dollar off-grid homes already survived two hurricanes and residents pay no electric bills
Recently, the carrier Hunters Point used for builders insurance said they weren't writing any new p…
Dan Latu
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What it will take to modernize the American grid and usher in the clean-energy revolution
The US grid is ill-equipped to handle what's coming. Here's what it will take to modernize the grid…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen,Jenny McGrath,Ellyn Lapointe
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I live off the grid in a yurt on land I inherited. There's nothing I miss — life is ridiculously peaceful.
Cami Ostman built a yurt on a plot of land her grandparents owned in Washington. She says living of…
Melissa Petro
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China made so many solar panels that even its own grid can't support all the energy produced
China doesn't have enough storage or transmission capacity for all the solar energy it's producing,…
Huileng Tan
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2 friends spent less than $50,000 to start up an off-grid tiny home. Here's how they're funding the lifestyle.
Casey and Savannah didn't want to wait for romantic partners to have their dream lives: "The whole …
Catherine Boudreau
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Making the power grid 'smart' could save us all money and prevent blackouts. Chattanooga made the $280 million investment.
The electric grid in Chattanooga, Tennessee, is one of the smartest in the nation. It's a peek at t…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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I live off the grid in a 300-square-foot tiny home with my husband and 2 kids. It feels luxurious compared with our suburban life.
A family living off the grid in a tiny house collect water from the roof and run their fridge on so…
Kelly Burch
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Electrification could overwhelm energy grids. Startups are betting on AI to make sure that doesn't happen
Investors are looking to AI and data startups to make energy grids smarter and overcome infrastruct…
Tasmin Lockwood
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Nvidia cofounder lives off the grid, owns a private jet named Snoopy, and gives out single-use email addresses to avoid spam
Nvidia's first CTO gave away the majority of his company stock to his alma mater.
Aaron Mok
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The US wants to build a different kind of nuclear reactor from a decades-old concept that could power ships and other off-the-grid locations
Most nuclear reactors use water as a coolant. Molten-salt reactors use salts with higher boiling po…
Jenny McGrath
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Nifty, Sensex bounce back on Friday but experts see resistance at higher levels
Indian benchmark indices bounced back on Friday as the global economic outlook improved. The United…
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Not everyone is cut out for off-grid living – take it from someone who spent 2 nights solo at a cabin in the woods
By day 2 of her stay at a 161-square-foot cabin in the woods, Insider's reporter had come to the co…
Maria Noyen
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Some people are leaving Texas because of its unreliable energy grid and frequent power outages
Texas' winter storms and extreme heat are getting worse, and some worry the power grid can't handle…
Alcynna Lloyd
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Sensex, Nifty scale fresh peaks as inflation cools off; Heavy buying in capital goods aids indices
Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty hit their fresh record levels on Thursday after lower inf…
PTI
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3 decomposed bodies found at a remote Colorado campsite were a family that planned to 'live off the grid': coroner
The partly mummified remains of two adult sisters and a teenage boy were discovered inside of Gunni…
Natalie Musumeci
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I stayed in a 161-square-foot off-grid tiny cabin for the first time. As someone who thrives in cities, here are 11 things that surprised me.
The author booked a 2-night stay at Josef, one of the tiny off-grid cabins built and run by Unyoked…
Maria Noyen
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Take a tour of an off-grid cabin in the woods I spent 2-nights alone in for $384. It wasn't creepy, but the rustic toilet situation did terrify me at first.
As I write that sentence I am acutely aware of how the premise sounds like the plot of a cheap horr…