Research of options of power supply of the settlement of city type on the basis of gas piston and solar installations
The paper deals with the main trends in the development and analytical review of energy supply options for consumers. Russia's unified energy system is centralized and provides heat and electricity it is the basis and guarantor of the state's energy supply, its energy security. But do not forget about small energy. Since mini-CHP in some cases are able to successfully solve problems that are large, but in most cases with minimal cost and high productivity. Based on this, small-scale energy plays an important role: to provide in emergency periods, for Autonomous power supply, as well as in remote, hard-to-reach, and poorly studied regions of Russia. According to various estimates, 50 to 70% of the territory of Russia does not have a centralized power supply. To provide heat and electricity to these consumers is permissible only with the help of small energy. Also a problem is the transmission of electricity to remote consumers as, when transmitting electricity over long distances, about 15-20% of the generated electricity is lost during transmission. The main solutions to the above problems is the creation of a mini-CHP in the immediate vicinity of the consumer.