Distributed natural gas (DNG)-fueled generation is undergoing a transformation despite its relative maturity.Thanks to key developments in technology, new business models, and the changing regulatory environment, established technologies are being used in new applications.Access to cheap natural gas, demand for resilient onsite power, and improved controls offerings are improving the value proposition for customers.Meanwhile, regulators are beginning to officially recognize the benefits of cleaner, dispatchable distributed generation as grids experience growing supply variability from intermittent renewables.Despite having some carbon emissions, the relatively low amounts exhibited by DNG technologies compared to alternatives like diesel are expected to drive additional demand.Opportunities are opening for players across the industry value chain, including energy consumers, software vendors, utilities, and equipment vendors that manufacture the generator sets, turbines, microturbines, and fuel cells that form the core of the industry.Flexibility--both in the ability of companies to react to disruptive industry change and the ability of the technology offerings to react to a more dynamic grid--will be rewarded.Partnerships across the value chain will also be key to success; load-serving entities, equipment vendors, software vendors, and major energy users can offer contributions to such arrangements.This Navigant Research white paper analyzes five global trends for DNG in 2017 and beyond. The study examines the key determinants driving global investment in DNG and the related opportunities. Each of the topics in this white paper is examined more deeply in research reports and ongoing research from Navigant Research’s Distributed Natural Gas Research Service.