How one New Orleans nonprofit is helping disaster areas swap out generators for cheaper, cleaner power

The Footprint Project wants to create a solar-powered microgrid ‘lending library’ to deploy during disaster recovery efforts.

Seventeen days after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, tearing down power lines, destroying water mains, and disabling cellphone towers, the signs of relief were hard to miss. 

​ The Footprint Project wants to create a solar-powered microgrid ‘lending library’ to deploy during disaster recovery efforts.

Seventeen days after Hurricane Helene devastated Western North Carolina, tearing down power lines, destroying water mains, and disabling cellphone towers, the signs of relief were hard to miss.