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Distributed generation
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Distributed generation is a new trend in the generation of heat and electrical power. The Distributed Energy Resources (DER) concept permits "consumers" who are generating heat or electricity for their own needs (like in hydrogen stations and microgeneration) to send surplus electrical power back into the power grid - a process also known as net metering - or share excess heat via a distributed heating grid. Distributed generation systems with Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems can be very efficient, using up to 90% of the potential energy in the fuel they consume. CHP can also save a lot of money and fuel. Estimates are that CHP has the potential to reduce the energy usage of the USA by up to 40%. A cluster of distributed generation installations is viewed as a Virtual power plant.
Even if the term "distributed generation" is quite well established, terms like distributed power, distributed energy, distributed energy resources, embedded generation, decentralized power, decentralized energy, dispersed generation, and onsite generation can also be found in the literature. Although some of those terms may be used with a different meaning, typically they de facto refer to distributed generation.
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It is estimated that the CHP system installed at Saddleback Community College in San Diego, will save 11.2 million USD over the next 15 years.[citation needed]
- Smart meter
- Autonomous building
- Renewable energy
- Energy demand management
- Electric power transmission
- Electricity distribution
- Electricity retailing
- Electricity generation
- Microturbines
- Combined heat and power (CHP)
- Micro Combined heat and power (MicroCHP)
- Net metering
- Electric power
- Auxiliary power
- Power control
- Power factor
- Uninterruptible power supply UPS
- Electrical generator
- Electrical bus
- Electricity market, New Zealand Electricity Market
- Transformer
- Turby wind turbine
- Future energy development
- Sustainable community energy system
- Proposed oil phase-out in Sweden
- Proposed microgeneration
- CEBus
- Homeplug
- Universal Powerline Association
- Power line communication, PLC, PLIC, PLOC
- Smart power grid
- X10
- World Alliance for Decentralized Energy
- United States Combined Heat and Power Association
- Distributed Power Coalition of America (DPCA): Benefits of Distributed Power to Utilities
- On-Site Power Generation May Be The Next Big Growth Technology
- IEEE P1547 Draft Standard for Interconnecting Distributed Resources with Electric Power Systems
- [http://www.energyusernews.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,2584,28632,00.html
- Decentralized Power as Part of Local and Regional Plans Quote: "...The plan estimates that even with the higher cost of renewable energy, Chicago will save more than $260 million by 2010..."
- Can distributed energy systems really replace the current electricity grid? The new energy revoloution is here, but will it develop fast enough?
- California Distributed Energy Resource Guide
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- Ecoliving: Homegrown micropower has macro prospects
- Home-scale generators, Micro Combined Heat and Power ((Micro Combined Heat and Power), MCHP)
- GridPoint - Intelligent energy management (IEM) products
- Skystream 3.7 - a small wind system for grid-connected homes
- Dstributed generation discussion
- Good rapport: Advanced Power Generation Systems for the 21st Century (PDF)
- Home Power Magazine - Your Small Scale Renewable Energy (RE) Source
- Future Energies, topics
- Ofgem report on Distributed generation, innovation funding incentive and registered power zones
- Online or by mail subscription magazine: Distributed Energy
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