Due recent electricity market liberalizationand on-going concerns regarding the cost of electricity as well as efforts towards environmentalism; distributed generation is experiencing a renewed interest throughout the world. Distributed generation, is general ly defined as small-scale electricity generation and is used toprovide an alternative to or an enhancement of the traditional ele ctric power system. The purpose of this course is to discuss thevarious small-scale generation technologies that exist today and then mov e on with a discussion of the major benefits and issues of distributed generation.