The Edison Electric Institute (EEI), a trade group, warns that distributed generation could do to energy companies what the internet did to newspapers.

贸易集团爱迪生电力协会警告称，分散发电对能源公司的冲击就如同互联网对新闻报纸产业的冲击一样。

Next, imagine a smart grid with distributed electrical generation.

接下来，想象一个具有分布式发电的智能电网。

So, the future of power in Africa is going to be a patchwork, between residential solar, distributed generation, mini-grids and there will be large hydroelectric dams.

所以非洲未来的能量供应将会是个大杂烩，在住宅太阳能，分布式发电，微电网和将来会有的大型水力发电水坝之间。