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Electricity generation in the Anthropocene is likely to become decentralised and user-owned. The large power stations that currently supply cities will continue to exist, but individuals and communities will increasingly generate their own energy – through rooftop solar-thermal panels or ground-source heat pumps to heat water and buildings, and photovoltaic panels and wind turbines to provide electricity, for example. In the next decade, photovoltaic paint, blinds and glass that can generate electricity from sunlight will be used for public and private buildings. Garbage produced by householders and office workers is also likely to be used onsite to generate combined heat and electric power for residential and commercial blocks.
Read more here:BBC - Future - Science & Environment - How to power the urban revolution
