Emerging Markets for Distributed Resources

Authors

  • Taylor Moore Senior Feature Writer, EPRI Journal
  • Dan Rastler Manage r for Strategic Option s
  • Doug Herman Manager for Fu el Cell Evaluation Electric Power Research Institute (EPRJ

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.1342

Abstract

P roducing electricity economically, efficiently, and reliabl y in
small, geo graphically dispersed units, new technologies like fuel cells
and m icro-turbines promi sed to transform the landscape of power gen-
eration in a deregulat ed , competitive future energ y serv ices market.
Distributed generators are no w being coupled with ad vanced energ y
storage devices. The new conc ept is called Di str ibuted Resources (DR).
Some energ y compani es are already laying strategic plans to u se
di strib uted res our ces to crea te cu stom ized ser vice offerings that can
meet a vari ety of user needs, including premium po wer, p eak po wer ,
an d coge neration requ irement s.
Thi s art icle de scribes the new opportunit ies posed by the advent of
p int- size po wer plant s and othe r d istributed resources.

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Author Biographies

Taylor Moore, Senior Feature Writer, EPRI Journal

Taylor Moore, EPRI [ournal senior feature writer, ha s been with
EPRI since 1982. Previously, he was a reporter for the Associated Press .
Mr. Moore has a BA in energy and resources, University of California at
Berkeley . He received principal assistance from two members of EPRI's
Energ y Con version Division.

Dan Rastler, Manage r for Strategic Option s

Dan Rastler, manager for strategic options, came to EPRI in 1981
as a pro ject manager for fuel cell systems. Prev iousl y he spen t five years
with General Electric Company's Nuclear Energ y Division, four years in the U.S, Air Force, and one year with Toscopetro Corporation. Rastler
received a BS in chemical engineering from the University of California
at Davis and an MS in mechanical engineering from UC Berkeley .

Doug Herman, Manager for Fu el Cell Evaluation Electric Power Research Institute (EPRJ

Doug Herman, manager for fuel cell evaluation, joined EPRl in
1993. Previously he spent 10 years with Pacific Gas and Electric Com-
pany in San Francisco, where he managed various engineering projects.
Herman received a BS in mechanical engineering from the University of
Santa Clara and an MS in energy and resources from the University of
California at Berkeley.

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Published

1998-10-21

How to Cite

Moore, T. ., Rastler, D. ., & Herman, D. . (1998). Emerging Markets for Distributed Resources. Distributed Generation &Amp; Alternative Energy Journal, 13(4), 14–35. https://doi.org/10.13052/dgaej2156-3306.1342

Issue

1998: Vol 13 Iss 4

Section

Articles