In the early days of the COVID-19 lockdown, Eric Mack moved his family into a half-built house outside Taos, New Mexico, and devoted himself to going off the grid. “Everyone needed a pandemic project, ...

Cami Ostman acquired a plot of land from her aunt that had previously belonged to her grandparents. On the 20 acres in eastern Washington, she built a yurt to live in off the grid. She spends half her ...

My husband and I built an off-grid cabin 10 years ago, and haven't looked back since. We've learned a lot through years of experience, but we made some mistakes when we first moved here. We should've ...

Enphase Energy just launched a new off-grid system that lets homeowners power their homes without a utility connection – even for extended periods. The California-based Enphase says the off-grid setup ...

I've lived off the grid in New Mexico for years. But I've managed to get good internet service through trial and error. Here's how. Eric Mack has been a CNET ...