Low-cost solution to the grid reliability problem with 100% penetration of intermittent wind, water, and solar for all purposes

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 15060-15065

  Jacobson, Mark Z ^a   Delucchi, Mark A ^b   Cameron, Mary A ^a   Frew, Bethany A ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change; Energy cost; Energy security; Grid stability; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY COST; GLOBAL CLIMATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROPOWER; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SOLAR ENERGY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WIND POWER; WINTER;

EID: 84949294388     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1510028112     Document Type: Article

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