Costs of solar and wind power variability for reducing CO2 emissions

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 9761-9767

  Lueken, Colleen ^a   Cohen, Gilbert E ^b   Apt, Jay ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Eliasol Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANCILLARY SERVICE; CALIFORNIA; CAPACITY FACTORS; ELECTRIC RELIABILITY COUNCIL OF TEXAS; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INTERMITTENCY; PER UNIT; POWER OUT PUT; POWER SOURCES; POWER VARIABILITY; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR PVS; SOLAR THERMAL; SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRICITY; SOLAR THERMAL PLANTS; SOLAR THERMAL POWER; WIND FARM; WIND GENERATION;

COSTS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR HEATING; WIND POWER;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ARRAY; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON EMISSION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA SET; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; POWER PLANT; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

ARTICLE; COST; ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE ENERGY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; WIND; WIND POWER;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; POWER PLANTS; SOLAR ENERGY; WIND;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865736991     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204392a     Document Type: Article

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