Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles: International practices in distributed generation developments worldwide

Notice of Violation of IEEE Publication Principles"International Practices in Distributed Generation Developments Worldwide,"by T. J. Hammons,in the Proceedings of the 42nd International Universities Power Engineering Conference, 2007 (UPEC), pp.885-894, 4-6 Sept. 2007After careful and considered review of the content and authorship of this paper by a duly constituted expert committee, this paper has been found to be in violation of IEEE's Publication Principles.This paper is a near duplication of the original text from the papers cited below. The original text was copied without attribution and without permission.Due to the nature of this violation, reasonable effort should be made to remove all past references to this paper, and future references should be made to the following articles"Progress in Distributed Generation in Korea,"by K.Y. Lee and Se Ho Kim,in the Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 24-28 June 2007"The Effect of Island Interconnections on the Increase of Wind Power Penetration in the Greek System"by N.D. Hatziargyriou, Z. Vrontisi, A.G. Tsikalakis, and V. Kilias,in the Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 24-28 June 2007Distributed generation (DG) plants produce power on a customer's site or at the site of a local distribution utility and supply power to the local distribution network directly. The most commonly cited barrier to DG development is interconnecting with utilities' power distribution and transmission systems. DG technologies include electric power generation by fuel cells and photovoltaic systems and other small renewable generation technologies such as small hydro or small wind systems. Wind power is considered to be distributed generation, because the size and location of wind farms makes it suitable for connection at distribution voltages. Wind power is rapidly growing in importance as a share of worldwide electricity supply. The status of DG differs in each OECD country. While economics are certainly a fundamental factor, differences in government policy can also affect the role that DG plays. This paper examines distributed generation developments worldwide with particular reference to micro grid integration opportunities and challenges, progress in distributed generation in Korea, and effect of island interconnections on the increase of wind power penetration in Greece.