Arguably, the key transformational trend in the power industry over the last decade has been the integration of distributed generation (DG) in transmission and distribution grids. DG proliferation is ...

Distributed generation is not a new concept. The first power plants, including Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Power station, were essentially distributed generation and constructed to serve a local area ...

Utilities face the greatest risk of lost revenues from distributed generation (DG), including residential solar photovoltaics and fuel cells, according to Accenture’s Digitally Enabled Grid research, ...

Regulators in California last week initiated rulemaking to push the state’s three investor-owned utilities to incorporate distributed energy resources (DERs) into the planning and operation of their ...

The power sector has increasingly turned to various forms of distributed generation to meet growing power demands over the past several decades. Although solar PV and other renewable technologies ...

The distributed energy revolution is already underway. In 2008, New York City boasted a fleet of backup generators estimated at about 2 gigawatts, or roughly 20% of the annual coincident peak demand.

(installed below the box located under the distribution transformer) to gain more visibility and control in the face of the impacts of high penetration of PV. Hawaii continues to be a hotbed of solar ...

When it comes to DG assets, it’s not so much what you have, but how you use it. The total is often greater than the sum of its parts, and perhaps no better example exists in today’s electric power ...

Brazil has reached 37 GW of installed capacity in distributed generation (DG). The Brazilian Association of Distributed Generation (ABGD) projects a 20% growth in installed DG capacity in 2025, which ...