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Published online 29 March 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060327-10

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Make your own energy at home, Britons urged

UK government energy strategy pushes 'microgeneration'.

British politicians are urging people to turn their homes into power plants, by embracing 'microgeneration'. The scheme could see more homeowners installing solar panels, rooftop wind turbines and a range of other measures to cut their power bills and ultimately reduce greenhouse-gas emissions.

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