Could we generate our own power?

Embrace micro-generation (small-scale, home-based, renewable-energy technology that powers your house) and you’ll get decades’ worth of clean, green power, freedom from the tyrannies of a global energy supply chain, and be granted immunity from the high electricity bills expected in the near future (remember, the era of cheap power is over).
Turning your home into a powerhouse not only slashes the volume of CO2 belched out by fossil-fuel-powered plants, but it is the efficient option. However, you still can’t march into a DIY store and pick up a solar thermal pack or turbine and install it over the weekend; only 100,000 households in the UK currently have any form of micro-generation and the domestic grant situation is confusing – the current Clear Skies programme (www.clear-skies.org) will be replaced next month by a Low Carbon Building Programme Fund in April.

guardian