micropower

British

/ ˈmaɪkrəʊˌpaʊə /

noun

power distributed on a small scale using local generators

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—Barbara Krasnoff Soma fm Soma fm started life as an actual micropower radio station in San Francisco in 1999 but flipped over to the internet in 2000.

From The Verge ● Apr. 13, 2021

Some are modest, such as a $750,000 loan by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation to an Indian start-up that builds micropower plants run on discarded rice husks.

From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2014

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