About suitability of condensing power plants to power distribution system

An energy sector started using small power plants increasingly, which caused the direction of "distributed electricity generation" (DG) developing. The aim of article is analyze of suitability of condensing power plants, as example of DG, to power distribution system. The idea is to make a comparison between two models of energy systems. The first one consists of a number of small generator units, connected to the distribution system. The second model consists of a large generator unit connected to the transmission system. This paper presents a feasibility study of condensing power plants with different installed power and different types of fossil fuel such as gas, oil and coal for power distribution system. The research focuses on one of the alternatives of DG with condensing power plants and includes its comparison with common distribution structure with the account fuel-costs characteristics. This article is only one part of DG investigation. The main idea is to analyze it from different points of view such as economic efficiency of units (capital and variable costs), environmental emissions, and reliability to disturbance and possibility to sell electricity. The research will show prospects for the local small and medium-sized condensing power plants in case of open generation market.