Transmission impossible? Prospects for decarbonizing the US grid

LW Davis, C Hausman, NL Rose - Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2023 - aeaweb.org
Encouraged by the declining cost of grid-scale renewables, recent analyses conclude that
the United States could reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 at relatively low …

Bitcoin's carbon footprint revisited: Proof of Work mining for renewable energy expansion

JI Ibañez, A Freier - Challenges, 2023 - mdpi.com
While blockchain and distributed ledger technology offer immense potential for applications
in transparency, security, efficiency, censorship resistance, and more, they have been …

Economic evaluation of variable renewable energy participation in US ancillary services markets

JH Kim, F Kahrl, A Mills, R Wiser, CC Montañés… - Utilities Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Variable renewable energy (VRE) is not yet meaningfully participating in US ancillary
services (AS) markets. VRE participation in AS markets could provide a new source of …

End-to-End direct-current-based extreme fast electric vehicle charging infrastructure using lithium-ion battery storage

V Powar, R Singh - Batteries, 2023 - mdpi.com
An urgent need to decarbonize the surface transport sector has led to a surge in the
electrification of passenger and heavy-duty fleet vehicles. The lack of widespread public …

Keep it short: Exploring the impacts of configuration choices on the recent economics of solar-plus-battery and wind-plus-battery hybrid energy plants

CC Montañés, W Gorman, AD Mills, JH Kim - Journal of Energy Storage, 2022 - Elsevier
Commercial interest in renewable-battery hybrid power plants connected to the bulk power
system (“hybrids”) is rapidly growing in the United States and globally. Power system …

[HTML][HTML] Commercial wind turbines and residential home values: New evidence from the universe of land-based wind projects in the United States

EJ Brunner, B Hoen, J Rand, D Schwegman - Energy Policy, 2024 - Elsevier
We examine the impact of proximity to land-based commercial wind turbines on residential
home values in the United States using data on the universe of commercial wind turbines …

County-level assessment of behind-the-meter solar and storage to mitigate long duration power interruptions for residential customers

W Gorman, G Barbose, JP Carvallo, S Baik, CA Miller… - Applied Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Customer concerns over electric system resilience could drive early adoption of behind-the-
meter solar-plus-storage (BTM PVESS), especially as wildfire, hurricane, and other climate …

Power Flows: Transmission Lines, Allocative Efficiency, and Corporate Profits

C Hausman - 2024 - nber.org
Economists, energy experts, and policymakers have called for accelerating investment in the
US electricity transmission network. Additional transmission lines could better integrate …

Mind the gap: Comparing the net value of geothermal, wind, solar, and solar+ storage in the Western United States

M Bolinger, D Millstein, W Gorman, P Dobson… - Renewable Energy, 2023 - Elsevier
Studies show that a diverse portfolio of zero-carbon resources will be needed to
decarbonize the US electricity sector, and that high capacity factor resources like geothermal …

The peaking potential of long-duration energy storage in the United States power system

W Cole, P Denholm, V Carag, W Frazier - Journal of Energy Storage, 2023 - Elsevier
In this work, we investigated the peaking potential for storage with durations of 4 h up to
durations of 168 h (1 week). The peaking potential for a given storage duration is the amount …