New European Research Area (ERA) for Electricity in Europe: Distributed Generation: Key Issues, Challenges, and Proposed Solutions

This brochure demonstrates the actions being undertaken by the European Commission to raise the public and political awareness of distributed generation and the associated research and technological development (RTD) activities financed by the European Union. It offers a vision of future electricity grids based on the integration of renewable energies and distributed generation, describes the technical challenges in front of us, and provides an overview of ongoing RTD efforts in the area supported by the European Commission.