Distributed generation: definition, benefits and issues

Guido Pepermans (), Johan Driesen () and Dries Haeseldonckx ()
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Johan Driesen: K.U.Leuven Energy Institute
Dries Haeseldonckx: K.U.Leuven Energy Institute

Energy, Transport and Environment Working Papers Series from KU Leuven, Department of Economics - Research Group Energy, Transport and Environment

Abstract: This paper starts from the observation that there is a renewed interest in small-scale electricity generation. The authors start with a survey of existing small-scale generation technologies and then move on with a discussion of the major benefits and issues of small-scale electricity generation. Different technologies are evaluated in terms of their possible contribution to the listed benefits and issues. Small-scale generation is also commonly called distributed generation, embedded generation or decentralised generation. In a final section, an attempt is made to define the latter concepts more precisely. It appears that there is no consensus on a precise definition as the concept encompasses many technologies and applications.

Keywords: Distributed generation; embedded generation; electricity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 21 pages
Date: 2003-08
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