From keeping your phone charged to powering your whole home, here are my top picks for power stations and solar generators ...

Solar batteries provide backup power whenever you need it ... such as in a multifamily building where tenants can't have their own battery backup due to space and expense.

However, times have changed. In this time of net zero and surging energy prices, there is a need for backup power for those of us who don’t have solar panels to get us out of trouble.

The process means that the communities get little input, even though the data centers create both air and noise pollution.