[kezekiel]

They are not capable of being tied to the utility grid, and either run as "stand alones" or tied only to a local power grid.

Like in DG applications, which is what solar is best at.

[Boot Hill]

kezekiel says:   "Like in [distributed generation] applications, which is what solar is best at."

Gosh how solar advocates love to throw that silly phrase around. Problem is, it is meaningless (for all practical purposes). Please provide us with a sound and rational explanation why you feel we should distribute our energy production through economically unfeasible methods such as solar, wind, fuel cells, bio-mass, etc.

--Boot Hill