Distributed Generation

Distributed Generation (DG) has an essential role to play in reducing emissions and improving security of supply because it can use relatively small, localised, sources of fuel (often renewable) to generate electricity, with or without heat. How much DG can be tolerated on each voltage level of a network and concerns about stability and intermittency are among the issues discussed in this stream.

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Policy, regulation and economics

Submitted by David Chapman on Tue, 2008-05-13 15:51.

Distributed Generation, (DG), especially when the fuel is renewable, is seen as a major tool in the effort to reduce reliance on fossil fuels to meet agreed environmental targets, with the added benefit of increased energy security. To promote interest and investment, energy policy makers are seeking to promote DG in a variety of ways.

This Application Note discusses DG in the context of the energy agenda at global, regional and national levels. It discusses the state of the Kyoto Protocol and how it relates to European Commission policy as laid out in directives, and national implementation measures. Possible future developments, including the fate of Kyoto and its successors and new technologies, are discussed.