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Distributed energy generation and storage
Distributed energy is seen by many electricity industry commentators as an emerging transformational energy technology. IRL has accumulated years of R&D experience in the development and evaluation of micro-scale distributed generation technologies and systems.
Integrated distributed energy systems
A distributed energy system delivers energy services from small-scale distributed sources close to the load. It is generally less than 10MW in size and can be as small as 1kW.
An Integrated Distributed Energy System is a distributed electrical energy system which services a local energy load, and is connected to a conventional supply (may be a grid supplied distribution system, or a diesel genset etc).
An IDES[?] may include electrical generation and heat capture, and electrical and heat storage. It is designed to optimise technology combinations to match local supply and demand.
The distributed energy resources can be renewable or fuel-derived, and the system is ‘integrated’ when an energy source is combined with other energy sources in a beneficial manner.