Future Cost-Competitive Electricity Systems And Their Impact On US CO2 Emissions UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 Future Cost-Competitive Electricity Systems and Their Impact on US CO2 Emissions, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and published in the Nature Climate Change journal, models the benefits of constructing a nationwide HVDC transmission network designed to tap into renewable and other low-carbon resources geographically dispersed throughout the country. Under such a network design,…
Net-Zero America: Potential Pathways, Infrastructure, And Impacts UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 Net-Zero America: Potential Pathways, Infrastructure, and Impacts outlines five energy system pathways the U.S. can potentially choose to reach net zero emissions by the year 2050, alongside a number of priority actions needed by 2030 to assist in that transition. The report provides capital costs estimates for transmission required through 2030 under three of the…
Carbon-Neutral Pathways For The United States UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 This report outlines a pathway for the global energy sector to reach net-zero CO2 emissions that emphasizes the transformation of the electric power sector and the three main end-use sectors – industry, transport, and buildings. The electric power sector, while the largest source of energy-related CO2 emissions today, has the potential to be the…
Net Zero By 2050: A Roadmap For The Global Energy Sector UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 This report outlines a pathway for the global energy sector to reach net-zero CO2 emissions that emphasizes the transformation of the electric power sector and the three main end-use sectors – industry, transport, and buildings. The electric power sector, while the largest source of energy-related CO2 emissions today, has the potential to be the…
New Jersey Integrated Energy Plan UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 New Jersey’s Integrated Energy Plan, commissioned by the state’s Board of Public Utilities and based on analysis by the Rocky Mountain Institute, finds that existing New Jersey policies will not be sufficient to meet the state’s clean energy goals. Modeling of the least-cost pathways to meet these goals finds that PJM-to-New Jersey transmission will need…
Minnesota’s Smarter Grid UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 Minnesota’s Smarter Grid, a study performed by Vibrant Clean Energy, models eight future Eastern Interconnection electric system scenarios to determine the optimal pathways through which Minnesota can meet its state goal of decarbonizing its economy 80 percent from 2005 levels by 2050 (80×50). A more flexible grid with increased interstate transmission can efficiently support…
Informing The Transmission Discussion UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 Informing the Transmission Discussion offers an overview of the challenges each US region faces as a result of changing energy mixes, increases in electrification, increases in demand-side variability from DERs and energy storage and the need for location-constrained renewables. The study looks at the current regional transmission landscape and examines what must be done to…
Report On Barriers And Opportunities For High Voltage Transmission UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 In its Report on Barriers and Opportunities for High Voltage Transmission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) provides a strong endorsement of large-scale transmission, stating that, “high voltage transmission can improve the reliability and resilience of the transmission system by allowing utilities to share generating resources, enhance the stability of the existing transmission system, aid…
Wind Vision: A New Era For Wind Power In The United States UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Wind and Water Power Technologies Office conducted the Wind Vision study to evaluate future pathways for wind power to meet US electricity needs and decarbonization goals. As part of the study, DOE models a Baseline Scenario with US wind capacity held constant at 2013 levels of 61 gigawatts, a Business-as-Usual…
The Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative UncategorizedBy Allie HartleyDecember 13, 2021 The Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (EIPC), funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, released a two-phase study assessing future power sector infrastructure needs across the Eastern Interconnection. Phase II of the study developed transmission expansion buildouts for three future scenarios selected from a larger set of eight scenarios identified in Phase I. The three…
