For whatever reasons, it was determined about 100 years ago to organize our electric system around central power plants, located far from population centers. (realclimate.org)
But their economics would really shine for isolated towns whose lack of access to central power grids has forced them to rely on dirty and costly - to - run diesel generators. (discovermagazine.com)
The hydrogen economy, in its original sense, is based on central power stations (most likely nuclear ones) that would use energy to remove hydrogen from water. (energyadvocate.com)