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CT: Distributed energy resources (DERs) are small technologies that produce, store and manage energy. Examples include solar panels, small wind turbines, electric vehicles and microgrids. Greater use of DERs could improve resource efficiency, increase energy system resilience, and give individuals and communities a stronger role in decarbonisation. As such it appears to fit well with the European Green Deal and EU plans for secure, affordable, and clean energy. However, the growth of DERs will disrupt traditional electricity markets and, without proper regulation, their benefits may not be felt equally across society.
S: EP – https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2020/651944/EPRS_ATA(2020)651944_EN.pdf (last access: 31 January 2024)
N: 1. – distributed (pp): From the verb distribute. Early 15c., distributen, “to deal out or apportion, bestow in parts or in due proportion,” from Latin distributus, past participle of distribuere “to divide, deal out in portions,” from dis– “individually” + tribuere “to pay, assign, grant,” also “allot among the tribes or to a tribe,” from tribus. Meaning “separate and put or place in order” is from 1550s. Related: Distributable; distributed; distributing.
– energy (n): 1590s, “force of expression,” from French énergie (16c.), from Late Latin energia, from Greek energeia “activity, action, operation,” from energos “active, working,” from en “at” + –ergos “that works,” from ergon “work, that which is wrought; business; action” (from PIE root *werg- “to do”).Broader meaning of “power” in English is first recorded 1660s. Scientific use is from 1807. Energy crisis first attested 1970.
– resources (pln): From resource, 1610s, “means of supplying a want or deficiency,” from French resourse “a source, spring,” noun use of fem. past participle of Old French resourdre “to rally, raise again,” from Latin resurgere “rise again” (see resurgent). Resources “a country’s wealth” first recorded 1779.
2. Small-scale energy technologies that produce, store and manage energy.
3. Distributed energy resources are usually situated near sites of electricity use such as panels, small wind turbines, electric vehicles and microgrids.
They are often renewable energy sources, under 10 MW in capacity, and they can be used individually or in aggregate to provide value to the grid.
4. The acronym for distributed energy resources is DER. It can also be found as DERs.
Distributed energy resource can also be used, but it is mainly used in plural.
5. Cultural Interrelation: We can mention the film American Blackout (2013) directed by Jonathan Rudd.
S: 1. OED – https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=distribute; https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=energy; https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=resource (last access: 25 January 2024). 2 to 4. IEA – https://www.iea.org/reports/unlocking-the-potential-of-distributed-energy-resources (last access: 25 January 2024); EP – https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/ATAG/2020/651944/EPRS_ATA(2020)651944_EN.pdf (last access: 25 January 2024). 5. IMDb – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3349356/ (last access: 25 January 2024).
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