{"id":1132,"date":"2005-05-03T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2005-05-03T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/05\/03\/european-microgeneration\/"},"modified":"2005-05-03T15:23:00","modified_gmt":"2005-05-03T15:23:00","slug":"european-microgeneration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/european-microgeneration\/","title":{"rendered":"European Microgeneration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <em>Time Europe<\/em> via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.climateark.org\/\">ClimateArk<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.time.com\/time\/europe\/magazine\/article\/0,13005,901050509-1056238,00.html\">a look<\/a> 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.  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I&#8217;m guessing the commercial sector could do wonderful things with this if given an incentive&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Technorati tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/alternative+energy\" rel=\"tag\">alternative energy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Europe\" rel=\"tag\">Europe<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=yD06kRQM5JY&amp;offerid=30409.10000054&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0\">Shop&nbsp;for&nbsp;Solar&nbsp;Energy&nbsp;products&nbsp;at&nbsp;Gaiam.com!<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"http:\/\/ad.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/show?id=yD06kRQM5JY&amp;bids=30409.10000054&amp;type=3&amp;subid=0\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Time Europe via ClimateArk, a look at the small but growing trend towards microgeneration of energy in Europe. 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