Forward Pass: Policy Challenges and Technical Opportunities on the U.S. Electric Grid

2012 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 30-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. D. Heidel ◽  
J. G. Kassakian ◽  
R. Schmalensee
Keyword(s):  
Electric Grid ◽  
Forward Pass ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Electrification Potential of U.S. Industrial Boilers and Assessment of the GHG Emissions Impact

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carrie Schoeneberger ◽  
Jingyi Zhang ◽  
Colin McMillan ◽  
Jennifer B. Dunn ◽  
Eric Masanet
Keyword(s):  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Industrial Process ◽  
The United States ◽  
Industrial Sector ◽  
Electric Grid ◽  
Emissions Reductions ◽  
Fuel Savings ◽  
Technical Potential ◽  
Industrial Boilers ◽  
The U.S

Abstract Electrification is a key strategy for decarbonizing the industrial sector. Industrial process heating, which still relies heavily on fossil fuel combustion and accounts for the majority of sector wide GHG emissions, is a particularly attractive electrification target. Electrifying industrial boilers represents a cross-cutting opportunity for GHG emissions reductions, given their widespread use in most manufacturing industries. Yet, there are gaps in the understanding of the current population of conventional industrial boilers in the United States that preclude a characterization of boiler electrification’s technical potential to reduce fuel consumption and GHG emissions. In this study, we develop an up-to-date dataset of the industrial boiler population in the U.S. and quantify the county-level electricity requirements and net changes in fuel use and GHG emissions under the current electric grid and theoretical future grid scenarios. Our results show an increase of 105 MMmtCO2e and 73 MMmtCO2e in GHG emissions from boiler electrification, with and without the replacement of byproduct fuels, respectively, under the current electric grid. GHG emissions savings are currently possible only in certain regions of the U.S. unless future grids are decarbonized. We also provide recommendations for policy makers and manufacturing facilities that would advance the electrification of industrial boilers in locations and industries toward fuel savings and GHG emissions reductions.

scholarly journals The challenge of integrating offshore wind power in the U.S. electric grid. Part I: Wind forecast error

2017 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 346-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.L. Archer ◽  
H.P. Simão ◽  
W. Kempton ◽  
W.B. Powell ◽  
M.J. Dvorak
Keyword(s):  
Wind Power ◽  
Forecast Error ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Electric Grid ◽  
Offshore Wind Power ◽  
The U.S

scholarly journals Could 79 People Solarize the U.S. Electric Grid?

Societies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Joshua Pearce ◽  
Emily Prehoda
Keyword(s):  
Fossil Fuels ◽  
Global Climate ◽  
Wealth Inequality ◽  
Electric Grid ◽  
Wealth Concentration ◽  
Intractable Problems ◽  
Upper Estimate ◽  
Number Of Individuals ◽  
The U.S

Although wealth inequality has many established negatives, this study investigates a potential positive, unprecedented wealth concentration makes it possible for solutions to large and seemingly intractable problems to be deployed by convincing a relatively small number of individuals to invest. In order to probe this potential outcome of inequality, this study quantifies the number of people necessary to radically reduce the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for global climate destabilization from the U.S. electric grid, which is one of the largest sources of emissions. Specifically, this study determined that 1544 GW of solar photovoltaic (PV) technology must be deployed to eliminate the use of fossil fuels on the U.S. electric grid, if PV is conservatively deployed as a function of population density. The results showed that only 79 American multi-billionaires would need to invest in PV. This investment would still leave each investor with a billion dollars of liquid assets as well as substantial long-term profits from PV. The analysis also concluded that 79 people is a conservative upper estimate of those that would need to be convinced of the usefulness of moving to a solar U.S. grid and that this estimate is likely to decrease further in the future.

scholarly journals Advanced Cartographic Techniques for Making Sense of Big Dynamic Data

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Alexandre Sorokine ◽  
Steven Fernandez
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Cognitive Load ◽  
Event Detection ◽  
Data Preprocessing ◽  
Electric Grid ◽  
Combine Data ◽  
Dynamic Data ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Animated Maps ◽  
The U.S

<p><strong>Abstract.</strong> We have demonstrated application of advanced cartographic approaches to visualization of the U.S. electric grid. To address the challenges of high cognitive load of animated maps, we have applied an approach to combine data preprocessing, event detection, and several advanced cartographic techniques. In the future, the proposed methodology can be generalized to other types of dynamic big data.</p>

Historical Introduction

1977 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 2-5
Author(s):  
R. D. Heidenreich
Keyword(s):  
Electron Emission ◽  
Secondary Electron ◽  
Secondary Electron Emission ◽  
50Th Anniversary ◽  
Secondary Emission ◽  
Wave Nature ◽  
Nobel Prize In Physics ◽  
Primary Electrons ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Mutual Agreement

This program has been organized by the EMSA to commensurate the 50th anniversary of the experimental verification of the wave nature of the electron. Davisson and Germer in the U.S. and Thomson and Reid in Britian accomplished this at about the same time. Their findings were published in Nature in 1927 by mutual agreement since their independent efforts had led to the same conclusion at about the same time. In 1937 Davisson and Thomson shared the Nobel Prize in physics for demonstrating the wave nature of the electron deduced in 1924 by Louis de Broglie.The Davisson experiments (1921-1927) were concerned with the angular distribution of secondary electron emission from nickel surfaces produced by 150 volt primary electrons. The motivation was the effect of secondary emission on the characteristics of vacuum tubes but significant deviations from the results expected for a corpuscular electron led to a diffraction interpretation suggested by Elasser in 1925.

Variations in Surface Textures of Quartz Sand using Electron Microscopy

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
pp. 494-495
Author(s):  
Eugene J. Amaral
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Glass Industry ◽  
Glass Slide ◽  
Distilled Water ◽  
Early Paleozoic ◽  
Secondary Effects ◽  
Surface Textures ◽  
High Silica ◽  
Sand Deposit ◽  
The U.S

Examination of sand grain surfaces from early Paleozoic sandstones by electron microscopy reveals a variety of secondary effects caused by rock-forming processes after final deposition of the sand. Detailed studies were conducted on both coarse (≥0.71mm) and fine (=0.25mm) fractions of St. Peter Sandstone, a widespread sand deposit underlying much of the U.S. Central Interior and used in the glass industry because of its remarkably high silica purity.The very friable sandstone was disaggregated and sieved to obtain the two size fractions, and then cleaned by boiling in HCl to remove any iron impurities and rinsed in distilled water. The sand grains were then partially embedded by sprinkling them onto a glass slide coated with a thin tacky layer of latex. Direct platinum shadowed carbon replicas were made of the exposed sand grain surfaces, and were separated by dissolution of the silica in HF acid.

The Effects of Estradiol on Chronically Damaged Human Fallopian Tubes: A SEM Study

1985 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
pp. 648-649
Author(s):  
A. Toledo ◽  
G. Stoelk ◽  
M. Yussman ◽  
R.P. Apkarian
Keyword(s):  
Menstrual Cycle ◽  
Epithelial Cell ◽  
Secretory Cell ◽  
Estrogen Therapy ◽  
Fallopian Tubes ◽  
Cell Surfaces ◽  
Proliferative Phase ◽  
Cyclic Patterns ◽  
Sem Study ◽  
The U.S

Today it is estimated that one of every three women in the U.S. will have problems achieving pregnancy. 20-30% of these women will have some form of oviductal problems as the etiology of their infertility. Chronically damaged oviducts present problems with loss of both ciliary and microvillar epithelial cell surfaces. Estradiol is known to influence cyclic patterns in secretory cell microvilli and tubal ciliogenesis, The purpose of this study was to assess whether estrogen therapy could stimulate ciliogenesis in chronically damaged human fallopian tubes.Tissues from large hydrosalpinges were obtained from six women undergoing tuboplastic repair while in the early proliferative phase of fheir menstrual cycle. In each case the damaged tissue was rinsed in heparinized Ringers-lactate and quartered.

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