The meaning of energy islands: Towards a theoretical framework

E Rettig, I Fischhendler, F Schlecht - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2023 - Elsevier
The term 'energy island'encompasses contradicting interpretations to electricity connectivity
and isolation. Scholars and practitioners use the same term to describe contrasting …

A synthesis and review of exacerbated inequities from the February 2021 winter storm (Uri) in Texas and the risks moving forward

S Castellanos, J Potts, H Tiedmann… - Progress in …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
A severe winter storm in February 2021 impacted multiple infrastructure systems in Texas,
leaving over 13 million people without electricity and/or water, potentially $100 billion in …

Capacity factors for electrical power generation from renewable and nonrenewable sources

N Bolson, P Prieto, T Patzek - Proceedings of the National …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Given the dire consequences of climate change and the war in Ukraine, decarbonization of
electrical power systems around the world must be accomplished, while avoiding recurring …

Private risk and social resilience in liberalized electricity markets

J Mays, MT Craig, L Kiesling, JC Macey, B Shaffer… - Joule, 2022 - cell.com
Energy-only electricity markets, such as the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT),
rely on the decentralized investment decisions of market participants to lead to a resource …

Leveraging rail-based mobile energy storage to increase grid reliability in the face of climate uncertainty

JW Moraski, ND Popovich, AA Phadke - Nature Energy, 2023 - nature.com
Maintaining reliability is increasingly challenging for electric grids as they endure more
frequent extreme weather events and utilize more intermittent generation. Exploration of …

Profitability and investment risk of Texan power system winterization

K Gruber, T Gauster, G Laaha, P Regner, J Schmidt - Nature Energy, 2022 - nature.com
A lack of winterization of power system infrastructure resulted in substantial rolling blackouts
in Texas in 2021, but debate about the cost of winterization continues. Here we assess if …

A Review of Bidirectional Charging Grid Support Applications and Battery Degradation Considerations

F Adegbohun, A von Jouanne, E Agamloh, A Yokochi - Energies, 2024 - mdpi.com
Electric vehicles (EVs) are crucial in mitigating global emissions by replacing internal
combustion engines. The capacity of EV batteries, coupled with their charging infrastructure …

[HTML][HTML] The value of electricity reliability: Evidence from battery adoption

DP Brown, L Muehlenbachs - Journal of Public Economics, 2024 - Elsevier
To avoid electric-infrastructure-induced wildfires, millions of Californians had their power cut
for hours to days at a time. We show that rooftop solar-plus-battery-storage systems …

A resilience-oriented multi-stage adaptive distribution system planning considering multiple extreme weather events

S Wang, R Bo - IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Energy, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Climate change may increase the risk of an area being hit by multiple extreme weather
events, which brings significant challenges for distribution system planners in an increasing …

Modeling and analysis of utilizing cryptocurrency mining for demand flexibility in electric energy systems: A synthetic texas grid case study

A Menati, K Lee, L Xie - IEEE Transactions on Energy Markets …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The electricity sector is facing the dual challenge of supporting increasing level of demand
electrification while substantially reducing its carbon footprint. Among electricity demands …