Editing Electricity generation (section)

==Centralised and distributed generation==
Centralised generation is electricity generation by large-scale centralised facilities, sent through [[transmission line]]s to consumers. These facilities are usually located far away from consumers and distribute the electricity through high voltage transmission lines to a substation, where it is then distributed to consumers; the basic concept being that multi-megawatt or gigawatt scale large stations create electricity for a large number of people. The vast majority of electricity used is created from centralised generation. Most centralised power generation comes from large power plants run by fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas, though nuclear or large hydroelectricity plants are also commonly used.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.epa.gov/energy/centralized-generation-electricity-and-its-impacts-environment|title=Centralized Generation of Electricity and its Impacts on the Environment |date=2015-08-04 |website=US EPA|language=en|access-date=2019-05-21 |archive-date=2019-05-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190519055244/https://www.epa.gov/energy/centralized-generation-electricity-and-its-impacts-environment|url-status=live}}</ref>   

Centralised generation is fundamentally the opposite of [[distributed generation]]. Distributed generation is the small-scale generation of electricity to smaller groups of consumers. This can also include independently producing electricity by either solar or wind power. In recent years distributed generation as has seen a spark in popularity due to its propensity to use [[renewable energy]] generation methods such as [[Rooftop solar power|rooftop solar]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Joshi |first1=Siddharth |last2=Mittal |first2=Shivika |last3=Holloway |first3=Paul |last4=Shukla |first4=Priyadarshi Ramprasad |last5=Ó Gallachóir |first5=Brian |last6=Glynn |first6=James |date=2021-10-05 |title=High resolution global spatiotemporal assessment of rooftop solar photovoltaics potential for renewable electricity generation |bibcode-access=free |doi-access=free |journal=Nature Communications |language=en |volume=12 |issue=1 |pages=5738 |doi=10.1038/s41467-021-25720-2 |pmid=34611151 |pmc=8492708 |bibcode=2021NatCo..12.5738J |issn=2041-1723}}</ref>