Living Off the Grid

Using wind, water and solar power, Eigg – an island off the coast of Scotland – has become one of the world’s first island communities to implement a completely renewable power grid supported by lead batteries.

Pete Stanislawczyk, East Penn

Lead batteries will be the primary stored power source for these systems. Based upon our insights, we believe lead AGM – or absorbed glass mat batteries – will be the battery of choice for the next 20-plus years.

Pete Stanislawczyk, Senior Vice President Transportation Division, East Penn Manufacturing Company