Distributed generation

Book · Thu Sep 02 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:754920

Ness, E

Distributed generation, locating electricity generators close to the point of consumption, provides some unique benefits to power companies and customers that are not available from centralized electricity generation. Photovoltaic (PV) technology is well suited to distributed applications and can, especially in concert with other distributed resources, provide a very close match to the customer demand for electricity, at a significantly lower cost than the alternatives. In addition to augmenting power from central-station generating plants, incorporating PV systems enables electric utilities to optimize the utilization of existing transmission and distribution.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99GO10337
• OSTI ID: 754920
• Report Number(s): NREL/BR-520-23398; DOE/GO-10098-657; TRN: AH200015%%10
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 2 Sep 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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