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{{Short description|Decentralised electricity generation}}
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[[File:Staying big or getting smaller.jpg|thumb|500px|Centralized (left) vs distributed generation (right)]]
'''Distributed generation''', also '''distributed energy''', '''on-site generation''' ('''OSG'''),<ref name=EonOsg>{{cite web|title=On Site Generation: Learn more about our onsite renewable energy generation technologies|url=https://www.eonenergy.com/for-your-business/large-energy-users/manage-energy/on-site-generation|publisher=E.ON SE|access-date=17 December 2015}}</ref> or '''district/decentralized energy''', is electrical [[Power generation|generation]] and [[Grid energy storage|storage]] performed by a variety of small, [[Electrical grid|grid]]-connected or distribution system-connected devices referred to as '''distributed energy resources''' ('''DER''').<ref name="DG-virginia-tech">{{cite web |url=http://www.dg.history.vt.edu/ch1/introduction.html |title=Introduction to Distributed Generation |work=[[Virginia Tech]] |year=2007 |access-date=23 October 2017 |archive-date=10 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210181948/https://www.dg.history.vt.edu/ch1/introduction.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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