Fortnightly.  The Death of the Grid?  As Mark Twain would say, the reports are exaggerated.  By Charles E. Bayless.  Some have predicted the demise of the grid, as the system gradually transforms into millions of standalone renewable units, such as rooftop solar and the like, backed up by batteries or small generators. But in order to obtain the quickest adoption of renewable energy, while retaining the cheapest overall cost, the exact opposite is true. For renewable energy to succeed on a large scale, the grid is indispensable. READ MORE