ROOFTOP GENERATION TO GIVE POWER - AND CASH - TO THE PEOPLE.

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] DEPARTMENT OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY P/2005/206 23 June 2005 ROOFTOP GENERATION TO GIVE POWER - AND CASH - TO THE PEOPLE

Many UK households could one day be self-sufficient in energy needs and routinely make money by selling surplus electricity from home generators such as solar panels and micro-wind turbines.

This is among the possibilities raised by Energy Minister Malcolm Wicks as the Department of Trade and Industry asks for views on the development of "micro-generation" of low-carbon energy by homes, businesses and public buildings.

Launching the consultation in a speech to the Renewable Power Association's annual conference in London today, Mr Wicks will say:

"Power generation has traditionally been about giant stations supplying whole cities, but the …