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When Hurricane Helene devastated Double Island, in North Carolina, the volunteer fire station became the community’s lifeline. Now it runs on a solar + battery microgrid, cutting costs and keeping power, comms, water, and meds running if a storm knocks out the grid. Local climate resilience ✅
After Helene, rural North Carolina turns to solar and battery hubs
More than a year after the storm’s devastation, clean-energy microgrids are springing up in remote areas thanks to a program that could become a national…
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January 30, 2026 at 7:10 PM
When Hurricane Helene devastated Double Island, in North Carolina, the volunteer fire station became the community’s lifeline. Now it runs on a solar + battery microgrid, cutting costs and keeping power, comms, water, and meds running if a storm knocks out the grid. Local climate resilience ✅