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Title:
Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100% wind, water, and solar
Authors:
Clack, Christopher T. M.; Qvist, Staffan A.; Apt, Jay; Bazilian, Morgan; Brandt, Adam R.; Caldeira, Ken; Davis, Steven J.; Diakov, Victor; Handschy, Mark A.; Hines, Paul D. H.; Jaramillo, Paulina; Kammen, Daniel M.; Long, Jane C. S.; Granger Morgan, M.; Reed, Adam; Sivaram, Varun; Sweeney, James; Tynan, George R.; Victor, David G.; Weyant, John P.; Whitacre, Jay F.
Affiliation:
AA(Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80305; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305 0000-0003-3280-9747), AB(Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 752 37 Uppsala, Sweden 0000-0001-7838-6482), AC(Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213; Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213), AD(Center for Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027), AE(Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305 0000-0002-2528-1473), AF(Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305 0000-0002-4591-643X), AG(Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697 0000-0002-9338-0844), AH(Omni Optimum, Evergreen, CO 80437), AI(Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305; Enduring Energy, LLC, Boulder, CO 80303 >0000-0003-3517-5954), AJ(Electrical Engineering and Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT 05405), AK(Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213), AL(Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720; Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3050), AM(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550), AN(Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213), AO(Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305), AP(Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY 10065), AQ(Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4206; Management Science and Engineering Department, Huang Engineering Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305), AR(Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093), AS(School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093; Brookings Institution, Washington, DC 20036), AT(Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4206; Management Science and Engineering Department, Huang Engineering Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305), AU(Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213)
Publication:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 114, issue 26, pp.6722-6727
Publication Date:
06/2017
Origin:
PNAS
Keywords:
energy systems modeling, climate change, renewable energy, energy costs, grid stability
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.1610381114
Bibliographic Code:
2017PNAS..114.6722C

Abstract

A number of analyses, meta-analyses, and assessments, including those performed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, and the International Energy Agency, have concluded that deployment of a diverse portfolio of clean energy technologies makes a transition to a low-carbon-emission energy system both more feasible and less costly than other pathways. In contrast, Jacobson et al. [Jacobson MZ, Delucchi MA, Cameron MA, Frew BA (2015) Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 112(49):15060-15065] argue that it is feasible to provide “low-cost solutions to the grid reliability problem with 100% penetration of WWS [wind, water and solar power] across all energy sectors in the continental United States between 2050 and 2055”, with only electricity and hydrogen as energy carriers. In this paper, we evaluate that study and find significant shortcomings in the analysis. In particular, we point out that this work used invalid modeling tools, contained modeling errors, and made implausible and inadequately supported assumptions. Policy makers should treat with caution any visions of a rapid, reliable, and low-cost transition to entire energy systems that relies almost exclusively on wind, solar, and hydroelectric power.
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