Definition of "microgeneration" [microgeneration]

• The generation of zero-carbon or low-carbon heat and power by individuals, small businesses and communities to meet their own needs. (noun)

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• "Civil servants in successive energy departments have always hated the idea of microgeneration, and done all they could to stifle it."
• "Officials dislike the idea of microgeneration because it gives someone else the power to take decisions, says Geoffrey Lean."
• "Gordon Brown needs to prioritise incentives for "microgeneration" energy such as solar heat panels and ground heat pumps on potentially 26 million homes rather than a risky and uncertain drive for the nuclear option."