1. Renewable Electricity Futures for the United States
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Paul Denholm, Edgar DeMeo, Greg Brinkman, Maureen Hand, Donna J. Hostick, Debra Sandor, Samuel F. Baldwin, Gian Porro, Morgan Bazilian, Trieu Mai, Doug Arent, Ryan Wiser, and Michael Milligan
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Wind power ,Electricity generation ,Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment ,business.industry ,Electricity market ,Electricity ,Environmental economics ,business ,Feed-in tariff ,Electricity retailing ,Futures contract ,Renewable energy - Abstract
This paper highlights the key results from the Renewable Electricity (RE) Futures Study. It is a detailed consideration of renewable electricity in the United States. The paper focuses on technical issues related to the operability of the U.S. electricity grid and provides initial answers to important questions about the integration of high penetrations of renewable electricity technologies from a national perspective. The results indicate that the future U.S. electricity system that is largely powered by renewable sources is possible and the further work is warranted to investigate this clean generation pathway. The central conclusion of the analysis is that renewable electricity generation from technologies that are commercially available today, in combination with a more flexible electric system, is more than adequate to supply 80% of the total U.S. electricity generation in 2050 while meeting electricity demand on an hourly basis in every region of the United States.
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- 2014
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