Distributed generation not only meets specific customer needs, it also supports the economic operation of the transmission and distribution grid. Click here to enlarge image What is distributed ...

Even though the United States’ electric utility system delivers only 20% to 30% of potential energy to end-users, it’s still the most cost-effective means of generation available today. Distributed ...

The majority of electrical power is produced by centralized power stations—primarily natural gas-, oil- and coal-fired plants. Unfortunately, these plants are disadvantaged to varying degrees by ...

More than 570 MW of new decentralised capacity in the municipal sector has already been commissioned in Ukraine. Over 500 MW ...

Remote communities have become testing grounds for innovative power projects. These areas traditionally have been powered by fossil fuel generation, usually diesel fuel or oil and sometimes natural ...

Distributed generation stands out in the Cuban power system, where there are hundreds of units dispersed throughout the country. In times of contingency, and as usually happens when a hurricane hits ...

WASHINGTON ― Net metering practices should be revised to reflect the value that distributed electricity generation ― for example, electricity generated by rooftop solar panels ― can provide to society ...

Most distribution systems (especially rural ones) are set up in a radial configuration (see Fig. 1). This structure allows for simple operation and an economic overcurrent protection system, but it ...

Experts from several top electronics companies discuss how requirements are changing for distributed generation equipment, and the new semiconductor technology that’s helping solve those issues. In ...

For a majority of the United States' electricity and grid network's 100 plus year history, utilities have largely been unchallenged monopolies because of high barriers to market entry, among other ...