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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Main Authors: Bethany Frew, Wesley Cole, Paul Denholm, A. Will Frazier, Nina Vincent, Robert Margolis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-11-01
Series:iScience
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004219303967