Review of Distributed Generation- An Approach Towards Rural Electrification

Security of Energy and sustainable development are major issues now a day in developed as well as in developing countries. In present scenario the generation of electricity is of centralized process where in there are some cons of having this centralization process. to overcome that cons the Decentralized Renewable Energy generation is expected to become more important in the future electricity generation system. It showcases the alternatives including usage of Renewable energy towards Decentralized process and a scenario of action taken up for the use of Renewable Energy technologies. There are complex socio-economic issues that are hindering the growth of Renewable energy in India, especially in off-grid villages which are not connected by supply systems. Hence in this work the use of distributed generation for the process of rural electrification is discussed. Compared with urban industrial areas Rural environment present different electrification process. Those particulars imply rethinking electrification strategies taking into consideration economical, social and environmental aspects. In that view, distributed generation using renewable energy presents better features for remote areas. The paper presents the use of renewable energy generation and its environmental advantages with steps to be carried out in the process of designing a new distributed generation system using available renewable energy resources.