Envisioning a renewable electricity future for the United States

Energy

Volumn 65, Issue , 2014, Pages 374-386

  Mai, Trieu ^a   Mulcahy, David ^a   Hand, M Maureen ^a   Baldwin, Samuel F ^b  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy   (United States)

Author keywords

Grid integration; Optimization model; Renewable electricity; Scenario analysis

Indexed keywords

EMISSION CONTROL; GREENHOUSE GASES; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ELECTRICITY PRICES; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTION; GRID INTEGRATION; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY; RENEWABLE TECHNOLOGY; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC GENERATIONS;

ELECTRICITY;

DECISION MAKING; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; FUTURE PROSPECT; INVESTMENT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; WIND POWER;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84892964865     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2013.11.029     Document Type: Article

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