Sunny with a Chance of Curtailment: Operating the US Grid with Very High Levels of Solar Photovoltaics
Summary: With rapid declines in solar photovoltaic (PV) and energy storage costs, futures with PV penetrations approaching or exceeding 50% of total annual US generation are becoming conceivable. The operational merits of such a national-scale system have not been evaluated sufficiently. Here, we an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-11-01
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Series: | iScience |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004219303967 |