Won't you be my neighbor (in a pact to produce cheaper solar)?

More and more, local initiatives are predicting a way forward for renewables.

When it comes to renewables, especially solar, increasingly the word is local.

Yes, neighborhoods have the potential to become a driving force in going green, like, as we reported last week, the example of the solar-powered microgrid at the 2,000-home Babcock Ranch community in Florida that kept pumping out power despite being in the direct path of Hurri…