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The expense of installing and interconnecting distributed generation equipment can be significant for any system. But the expense is typically proportionally larger for small distributed generation units, which often must meet the same utility interconnection requirements as larger units.
This problem is being addressed through the development and demonstration of cost-effective, plug-and-play grid interconnection products, software, and communication solutions. Such products are intended to enable small distributed generators to interconnect to the electric system without the expenses of site-specific assessments and costly equipment that duplicates functions that can be inexpensively incorporated into the distributed generation interconnection systems.
Developers are also working to provide such systems with enhanced features and capabilities that will provide benefits to the electric system as a whole. The intent is to produce units with better functionality at a lower cost.
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The following documents summarize work on innovative distributed power interconnection and control systems. Explore them to learn more.
- The Gas Technology Institute and Encorp Inc.: Innovative Interconnection and Control Systems (PDF 221 KB). A fact sheet summarizing collaborative work with Distribution and Interconnection R&D.
- Innovative Distributed Power Interconnection and Control Systems (PDF 482 KB). Presented at the Electric Distribution Transformation Annual Program and Peer Review Meeting, 2004, in Coronado, CA.
- The Gas Technology Institute and Encorp Inc.: Innovative Interconnection and Control Systems (PDF 172 KB). A fact sheet summarizing collaborative work with Distribution and Interconnection R&D.
- Development and Demonstration of Innovative Distributed Power Interconnection and Control Systems (PDF 482 KB). Presented at the Distribution and Interconnection R&D Annual Review, 2003, in Arlington, VA.
- Innovative Distributed Power Interconnection and Control Systems (PDF 3.02 MB). Presented at the Distributed Power Program Quarterly Review, July 2002, in Madison, WI.
- Innovative Distributed Power Interconnection and Control Systems (PDF 2.4 MB). Presented at the Distributed Power Program Annual Review, 2002, in Arlington, VA.
- Innovative Distributed Power Grid Interconnection and Control Systems (PDF 2.1 MB). Presented at the Distributed Power Program Quarterly Review, October 2001, in Golden, CO.
- Innovative Distributed Power Interconnection and Control Systems (PDF 357 KB). Presented at the Distributed Power Program Quarterly Review, July 2002, in Madison, WI.
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