micro-generation
Tiny power creation
Micro-generation is producing electricity or heat on a small scale, typically for a single household or building rather than for the grid.
Solar panels, small wind turbines, and ground-source heat pumps are common micro-generation technologies: The government offers incentives for domestic micro-generation.
The term emphasizes local, decentralized energy production as an alternative to reliance on large power plants.
Financial assistance from government
- incentiveReward encouraging action
- permitOfficial written authorization
- interconnectionMutual joining of parts
Independence from outside aid
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- low-impactMinimally stressful on body
- prosumerProfessional-grade consumer
Light-to-electricity converting
- inverterChanges DC to AC
- off-gridWithout utility connections
- microgridSelf-sufficient local power network
- piezoelectricCharge from deformation
subsidy
Financial assistance from government
- incentiveReward encouraging action
- permitOfficial written authorization
- interconnectionMutual joining of parts
self-sufficiency
Independence from outside aid
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- low-impactMinimally stressful on body
- prosumerProfessional-grade consumer
photovoltaic
Light-to-electricity converting
micro-generationpower plant
Facility producing electrical energy
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