one excellent reason for ucg

During my fact finding trips, I was reminded of the following reason why UCG offers a vital way forward for our power generation industry. The following is an extract from one report I found, but for which I have now lost the link! Google Distributed Power or the like and you'll find many excellent articles that discuss the pro's and (very few) cons of Distributed Generation/Power.

Article Extract
Distributed generation (DG), distributed resources (DR), distributed energy resources (DER) or dispersed power (DP) is the use of small-scale power generation technologies located close to the load being served. For most customers DG can lower costs, improve reliability, reduce emissions, or expand their energy options. DG adds redundancy that increases grid security.

Distributed power generators—small, modular electricity generators located close to customer loads—offer significant advantages that large-scale, capital-intensive, central-station power plants cannot provide.
By locating smaller, more fuel-flexible systems near energy consumers, distributed generation avoids transmission and distribution power losses and provides a choice of energy systems to the utility customer. Many distributed power systems produce so little noise or emissions that they can be located inside, or immediately adjacent to, the buildings where the power is needed. This greatly simplifies the problems of bringing power to expanding commercial, residential, and industrial areas.
Distributed energy systems offer reliability for businesses and consumers who need dependable, high-quality power to run equipment and can provide alternative, less-expensive power sources during peak price periods. The potential market for providing power during peak price periods is as high as 460 GW, according to a recent research study.
Distributed power generation technologies use a variety of fuels, including natural gas, diesel, above and underground coal gasification, biomass-derived fuels, fuel oil, propane, hydrogen, sunlight, and wind.