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Central generation is here to stay. As subsidies go away the economics of rooftop solar will become apparent and reality will set in. Economic clean coal generation is coming, as is safe and public acceptable nuclear. Gas is in the mix also. The growth of rooftop solar will slow way down.
We'll always depend on centralized generation for most of our bulk power. However,community and industrial complex microgrids made up of distributed solar PV and small natural gas generation will be a part of the generation mix.
Smaller central, gas fired generation is the future. But permitting, siting and building those plants, along with the required transmission lines will take time. Distributed generation can be rapidly deployed in the meantime. Distributed is a vital and growing part of the generation mix.
Distributed generation will eventually make big centralized generation and big transmission lines obsolete.
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