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Advanced Fuel Cell 2011: Global Market Perspectives and Opportunities
Gravel Research Inc, March 2011, Pages: 143
While the main subject of this report is technologies for distributed generation, it will be necessary to look in some detail at the issues surrounding DG too. To this end, Chapter 2 will be devoted to network issues. These include examining how DG is to be integrated into a networks and how the networks themselves will need to adapt. This chapter will also look briefly at the concept of the virtual power plant created by the aggregation of a large number of small DG installations to provide dispatchable power. Chapter 3 will then examine the traditional technologies for DG. It will include gas turbines and gas engines, diesel and petrol engines and micro turbines. Use of these units in CHP systems will also be discussed. Chapter 4 will be devoted to fuel cells, looking at the major types being developed and their prospects while Chapter 5 will turn to renewable technologies.
The environmental implications of DG will be discussed in Chapter 6 along side legislative issues. Particular attention will be paid to the barriers which currently limit the wider integration of DG into networks. This will be followed, in Chapter 7, by a look at the economic issues raised by DG. Finally, Chapter 8 will assess the prospects for distributed generation in the coming years.
About the Author
James Fitzgerald
Dr James Fitzgerald has specialized in the energy sector for the past two decades. Having worked in the energy sector in various important roles both in Asia and America, he has developed a vast knowledge of the field. He is an independent consultant for the power industry, and as freelance writer he has contributed to The Financial Times, The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph, The Observer and The Economist.
In addition to the energy sector, James Fitzgerald’s interests include nanotechnology and distributed systems industry.
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