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Homeowners tired of paying high electricity bills can now turn the tables by selling excess electricity back to power companies at more lucrative rates.

Homeowners need a way to generate power on their own, either by installing solar panels on their roofs or planting wind turbines on their property.

It's called "net metering," and beginning Tuesday, property owners can submit the applications needed to begin earning credits on their electricity bills if they generate more energy than they need on any given day or week.

To sweeten the deal, the state's 2008 Green Communities Act requires utility companies to pay their customers for the excess electricity at a retail rate rather than a lower wholesale rate.

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For the second time within twelve months, the conservative French Government has proposed raising the feed-in tariff for solar PV in the coming year. The Minister for the Environment, Jean-Louis Borloo, has announced that new feed-in tariffs for solar energy will come into effect as of 1 January 2010.

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Home wind turbines are only generating a fraction of electricity promised by the manufacturers while some even fail to yield enough energy to run the turbine's electronics, a British study warned on Tuesday.

Reacting to the report Alex Murley of the British Wind Energy Association said. sited correctly, small and micro wind turbines have the capability to provide more than 10% of Britain's electricity needs.

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The Scottish Government has launched a new initiative to promote energy efficiency and renewable microgeneration in Scotland's schools.

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