European Microgeneration

From Time Europe via ClimateArk, a look at the small but growing trend towards microgeneration of energy in Europe. As you might imagine, the big power companies hate it and call it inefficient, particularly for industrial or commercial uses. That reminds me of my time in Vegas where the developers of a new hotel project threatened to build their own power plant if the local electric company didn't give them preferential rates. I'm guessing the commercial sector could do wonderful things with this if given an incentive...

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