Smart grid as a chance for distributed generation (Koncepcja smart grid szansą dla rozwoju generacji rozproszonej)

Nowadays power system faces up to various problems and challenges, like e.g. decreasing resources of fossil fuels, ineffective large power plants and transmission lines, as well as increasing demand on energy and quality of energy services and protection of environment. At the same time the number of distributed energy resources in the distribution network increase rapidly. Distributed generation have a lot of advantages but also disadvantages, which may seriously hinder and threaten functioning of the traditional power system. The conception of Smart Grid may bring the solutions of integration of the distributed generation into the distribution network. In this paper it will be described how Smart Grid may be a key for further development and better integration of increasing number of distributed energy resources.