WASHINGTON ― Net metering practices should be revised to reflect the value that distributed electricity generation ― for example, electricity generated by rooftop solar panels ― can provide to society ...

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, ...

GridEdge Networks and Custom Electronics, Inc. have developed a 69kV Distributed Generation Permissive system that improves ...

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 ...

On the heels of the announcement of a $60-million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for upgrades to and coordination of the country's three major interconnection transmission networks ...

Vol. 15, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE: ENER: A selection of papers from the ENER Forum 5 “Technological change, market reform and climate policies” Bucharest, Romania, October 2003 (2004), pp. 323-332 (10 ...

The benefits of renewable energy continue to grow, with wind generation supplying 9.2% of generation in the U.S. and up to 22.6% in other western countries like Germany. Solar is at 2.8% in the U.S.

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 ...