Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Renewable Energy(part four):Distributed vs. Centralized Energy

Centralized generation system is a system, where electricity is generated centrally in large amounts and sent out through power lines to houses and businesses.

Distributed system is different:this system is called distributed generation. Such an example for that could be a neighborhood, serie of buildings covered with solar panels. These solar panels continue in small power plants. These power plants are capable to help neighbors, habitants of these buildings appartments to get some extra electricity. Distributed generation is one of advantages of renewable energy on domestic scale.

Another advantage of renewable energy is its flexibility, because renewable energy can work on small systems for distributed generations, or on massive installations for centralized generation.
(to be continued)

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