Open AccessDistributed Generation: Impacts and Cost Analysis
Author(s) -
Priyanka Priyadarshini Padhi,
Rashmirekha Pati,
Akhilesh A. Nimje
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of power system operation and energy management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2231-4407
DOI - 10.47893/ijpsoem.2013.1055
Subject(s) - electricity generation , distributed generation , electricity , environmental economics , greenhouse gas , reliability (semiconductor) , computer science , heat generation , cost reduction , environmental science , business , renewable energy , engineering , electrical engineering , economics , power (physics) , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , marketing , biology , thermodynamics
This paper presents the reason for the current interest in distributed generation and the challenges that are faced while increasing its share in the electricity generation mix. Under the present centralized generation paradigm, electricity is mainly produced in bulk amount at large generating stations, wheeled though the transmission and distribution grids to the end consumers. However, the recent quest for energy efficiency and reliability and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions led to explore possibilities to alter the existing generation paradigm and increase its overall performance with the implementation of distributed generation.