Intermittency and the Value of Renewable Energy

A key problem with solar energy is intermittency: solar generators produce only when the sun is shining, adding to social costs and requiring electricity system operators to reoptimize key decisions. We develop a method to quantify the economic value of large-scale renewable energy. We estimate the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gowrisankaran, Gautam, Reynolds, Stanley, Samano, Mario
Other Authors: Univ Arizona
Language:en
Published: UNIV CHICAGO PRESS 2016
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/621533
http://arizona.openrepository.com/arizona/handle/10150/621533