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In addition to household savings, other benefits of community solar include resilience during blackouts or weather events, community wealth building, and local job creation, Cramer says.
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Sarah Sax, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
For nearly a week in October most of Cuba suffered near-total blackouts, the worst energy outages in decades.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Storm Uri caused blackouts to millions of homes and businesses in Texas and was blamed for at least 240 deaths.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
Around half of Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been destroyed during the almost three years of war with Russia, and rolling electricity blackouts are common.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Rafael made landfall in Cuba, further complicating recovery efforts from the earlier devastation caused by Hurricane Oscar in October, which had left widespread blackouts on the island.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Around half of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been destroyed during the almost three years of war with Russia, and rolling electricity blackouts are common.
—Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 28 Nov. 2024
There have been four nationwide blackouts since Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
In recent months some provinces have had to put up with blackouts lasting as long as 20 hours per day.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
Sarah Sax, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
For nearly a week in October most of Cuba suffered near-total blackouts, the worst energy outages in decades.
—Patrick Oppmann, CNN, 4 Dec. 2024
Storm Uri caused blackouts to millions of homes and businesses in Texas and was blamed for at least 240 deaths.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
Around half of Ukraine's energy infrastructure has been destroyed during the almost three years of war with Russia, and rolling electricity blackouts are common.
—Compiled By Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Nov. 2024
Rafael made landfall in Cuba, further complicating recovery efforts from the earlier devastation caused by Hurricane Oscar in October, which had left widespread blackouts on the island.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Around half of Ukraine’s energy infrastructure has been destroyed during the almost three years of war with Russia, and rolling electricity blackouts are common.
—Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 28 Nov. 2024
There have been four nationwide blackouts since Friday after one of the island’s major power plants failed.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 21 Oct. 2024
In recent months some provinces have had to put up with blackouts lasting as long as 20 hours per day.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Blackouts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackouts. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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