What happens to the centralized electric grid, which took decades and billions of dollars to build, as more and more people become "prosumers", who produce and consume their own energy onsite?

随着越来越多的人成为“产消者”，就地生产和消费自家生产的能源，那么花了几十年时间和数十亿美元才建成的中央电网的命运会如何？

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“If you build a really large solar plant, you have a really large problem of getting it to the grid,” he said.

他说：“如果你建立一个相当大的太阳能厂，你就会面临一个相当大的网络问题。”

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The momentum for a smart grid continues to build. But God, as Mies liked to say, is in the details.

智能电网的建设仍将继续，但正如密斯喜欢说的，上帝即细节。

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Hundreds of people attended a meeting in Welshpool on 20 April opposing plans by National Grid to build the 19-acre substation.

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That means Powys council will decide planning on the 19 acre electricity sub station which the National Grid wants to build, but the power lines are to be decided by the IPC - the Infrastructure Planning Commission - set up by the previous Labour government to fast-track and speed up planning on nationally important projects.

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And GE (NYSE:GE) recently announced that it will be partnering with the City of Yangzhou to build a smart grid demonstration center.

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