What is distributed generation and how can it help the environment?

Distributed generation is the production of electricity at/or very close to the site of consumption. In traditional electricity production there are two major losses of efficiency; first is the excessive heat given off through production that is waste heat and the second is through transmission loss – the loss of electricity having to travel over long distance at high voltage through wires. The ClearEdge Power model of distributed generation eliminates the need for transmission and efficiently provides usable heat from the energy conversion process right to the building.