Wide-Area Planning of Electric Infrastructure: Assessing Investment Options for Low-Carbon Futures

Wide-Area Planning of Electric Infrastructure: Assessing Investment Options for Low-Carbon Futures

Electric infrastructure worldwide has evolved significantly over the last decade, as nations increase the renewable share of their generation portfolio and build transmission to move energy from the resources to the load centers. Since 2007, the United States has increased its percentage of electric...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE power & energy magazine 2017-11, Vol.15 (6), p.83-93
Hauptverfasser: McCalley, James, Caspary, Jay, Clack, Christopher, Galli, Wayne, Marquis, Melinda, Osborn, Dale, Orths, Antje, Sharp, Justin, Silva, Vera, Zeng, Peter
Format: Magazinearticle
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Electricity supply industry
Investment
Power system economics
Power system planning
Wind power generation
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Zusammenfassung:Electric infrastructure worldwide has evolved significantly over the last decade, as nations increase the renewable share of their generation portfolio and build transmission to move energy from the resources to the load centers. Since 2007, the United States has increased its percentage of electric energy generated from wind and solar from lower than 1% to 7.5%, Europe from approximately 3% to over 13%, and China from 1% to 5%.
ISSN:1540-7977
1558-4216
DOI:10.1109/MPE.2017.2729178