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Originally Posted by wireframe
What do people think about distributed power generation?
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The only meaningful distributed generation at the residential level is rooftop solar, but it really doesn't reduce infrastructure requirements because its peak power generation during mid-day doesn't line up with peak daily demand in the late afternoon. As the study into the causes of the brownouts seen in California last August says:
Even more so in places like Alberta which have cold winters with peak electricity demand.