Microgrid For Power Local, Cheap, and Reliable Power

Good things coming from a jail. That's a surprise. This from MIT Technology Review....

"A recently completed distributed energy project at the large, 4,000-inmate Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County, California, ties together power from fuel cells, solar panels, wind turbines, and diesel generators—all located at the jail—to form a microgrid that can operate independently of large, centralized power plants. The system keeps the power on when storms take down the grid, which is essential for safety at the maximum security facility, and it's saving the jail about $100,000 a year."

I'd like to see this idea taken a step further. Separate power plants for each building in the US that can be "grid-able" if one or several go out. Which makes me wonder, what's Bloom Energy up to these days?