New Resource Separates Fact from Fiction in the Distributed Generation Marketplace

Distributed generation (DG) is predicted to transform the electric utility industry. The DG Monitor, the leading newsletter in the DG field, has just released the Distributed Generation Sourcebook: 2004 Edition. This Sourcebook serves as both a learning tool and a handbook, and provides a detailed look at the different types of DG applications and technologies, the DG marketplace, interconnection issues, successful installations, barriers to implementation, the baseline of currently installed DG, and also an estimate of the future market potential for DG.

Vienna, VA (PRWEB) August 12, 2004 -- New Resource on Distributed Generation

Distributed generation (DG) is predicted to revolutionize the nations electric grid much like personal computers did in the information technology industry in the 1980s. DG is defined as a variety of small, modular power-generating technologies, located close to the load being served, that can be combined with energy management and storage systems and used to improve the operation of the electricity delivery system." DG is one of the hottest topics in the energy market.

The DG Monitor, the leading newsletter in the DG field, has just published the Distributed Generation Sourcebook: 2004 Edition. This Sourcebook is intended to serve both as a learning tool and a handbook, and provides a detailed look at the different types of DG applications and technologies, the DG marketplace, interconnection issues, successful installations, barriers to implementation, the baseline of currently installed DG, and an estimate of the future market potential for DG. The Sourcebook also includes a glossary and a directory of DG manufacturers. The Sourcebook is available at www.distributed-generation.com

BusinessWeek forecasts that Most everybody's got a personal turbine in the 21st century. They can run on palm oil or manure gas, keep things purring in the house, and if there's excess juice, you can sell it back to the grid." Personal power plants have come a long way from the 20th century, when they mostly made a racket on camping trips. Now, they're everywhere, purring like kittens. Sure, there are still big central generating plants, just as there are big mainframe computers. But the hot trend is 'distributed generation -- putting generation close to consumption."

Wired Magazine says But a powerful idea has been brewing in energy circles for more than a decade that could unite Democrats and Republicans, hard-line solar advocates, and homeland security pundits: Make the grid more like the Internet by supplementing it with networks that generate power locally. This idea, called distributed generation, is our energy future..."

The Sourcebook provides valuable information on all aspects of the DG marketplace.

About the DG Monitor
The DG Monitor is a bimonthly newsletter of the Resource Dynamics Corporation covering the many facets of the emerging DG marketplace. Articles both report and interpret the most important aspects of DG. In addition, the DG Monitor includes special series on DG technologies, applications, manufacturers, and other topics, providing the reader with a complete picture of these topics over several issues. Periodically, the DG Monitor produces publications to provide its readers with detailed and timely DG market information. These reports delve deep into key DG issues, allowing decision makers at all levels to make informed DG policy, regulatory and market decisions

CONTACT INFORMATION
Paul Sheaffer
Resource Dynamics Corporation
703-356-1300 ext. 215
Sheaffer@rdcnet.com
www.distributed-generation.com

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