California’s Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative as a Model for State Renewable Resource Development and Transmission Planning

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Scaccia
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Resource Development ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Energy Transmission ◽  
Transmission Planning

California’s Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative as a model for state renewable resource development and transmission planning

Climate Law ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Scaccia
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Energy Transmission ◽  
Transmission Planning ◽  
Private And Public ◽  
Implementation Stages ◽  
Environmental Goals ◽  
Environmentally Sound

Given the lack of US federal leadership in climate change regulation, states have taken the lead in the implementation of aggressive policies to promote economic development, decrease dependence on foreign energy imports, and achieve broad environmental goals through increased reliance on renewable energy sources. The renewable energy portfolio standard (RPS) has become the most common tool used by states to achieve their particular policy goals; however, numerous barriers stand in the way of electricity providers seeking compliance with the RPS mandate. The California Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI) was a statewide attempt to overcome problems related to transmission planning and costs, private and public land-use issues, and environmental impacts. By seeking the involvement of broad stakeholder groups in the identification and evaluation of potential renewable energy zones, RETI created a roadmap for future renewable energy development in California that is both economically and environmentally sound. Through a collaborative transmission planning process, RETI provides key insights into the challenges faced by states attempting to comply with their RPS mandates, including those relating to concerns about participant selection, locating transmission, permitting, and the timing of both the planning and implementation stages of the initiative. In this paper, I evaluate RETI’s success in achieving its stated goals while also identifying areas of concern not addressed by the initiative. The results of this analysis provide guidance for states implementing their own RPS programs.

Collaborative Transmission Planning: California's Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 837-844 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Olsen ◽  
Jeffrey Byron ◽  
Gary DeShazo ◽  
Dariush Shirmohammadi ◽  
Johanna Wald
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Transmission ◽  
Transmission Planning

Evolution of the Transition to a World Driven by Renewable Energy

2010 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian M. Fronk ◽  
Richard Neal ◽  
Srinivas Garimella
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
The United States ◽  
Energy Utilization ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Renewable Energy Resources ◽  
Renewable Power ◽  
Consumption Rates ◽  
Developed Nations

The world’s energy supplies will continue to be pressured as the population grows and the standard of living rises in the developing world. A move by the rest of the world toward energy consumption rates on par with the United States is most probably unsustainable. An examination of population trends, current energy utilization rates, and estimated reserves shows that a major worldwide transition to renewable resources is necessary in the next 100 years. This paper examines one possible scenario of how energy usage and renewable power generation must evolve during this time period. As the global standard of living increases, energy consumption in developing nations will begin to approach that of the developed world. A combination of energy conservation and efficiency improvements in developed nations will be needed to push the worldwide energy consumption to approximately 200 million Btu per person per year. Fossil fuel resources will be exhausted or become prohibitively expensive, necessitating the development of renewable energy resources. At this projected steady state population and energy consumption, the required contribution of each type of renewable resource can be calculated. Comparing these numbers to the current renewable capacities illustrates the enormous effort that must be made in the next century.

Southern Nevada Renewable Resource Assessment

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Gray ◽  
Aaron Sahm ◽  
Marc Newmarker ◽  
Rick Hurt ◽  
Robert Boehm ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Resource ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Resource Assessment ◽  
National Renewable Energy Laboratory ◽  
Renewable Energy Resource ◽  
Power Company ◽  
Direct Normal Irradiance ◽  
Southern Nevada ◽  
Energy Center

University of Nevada, Las Vegas Renewable Energy Center (UNLV-REC) currently monitors three meteorological stations in southern Nevada under the direction of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and is funded by the Nevada Southwest Energy Partnership (NSWEP). The three station locations are Eldorado Valley, UNLV-REC Solar Site, and Nevada Power Company Clark Station. The installation dates for each of the locations were October of 2004 for Eldorado Valley station, August of 2003 for the UNLV-REC Solar Site, and March of 2006 for the Nevada Power Clark Station. Publicly available data from each site have been archived since installation completion. This paper discusses the installation of the equipment for each site and images of the setup. The data that is being collected between the sites is also compared. Data comparisons between the sites include net monthly solar energy; monthly peak direct normal irradiance (DNI), average daily wind speed, monthly wind roses, and average monthly dry bulb temperatures. The recently measured data is also compared to resource maps developed by NREL and to TMY data. With these meteorological resources, microclimatic variations can be studied for the area and used as a renewable energy resource for renewable installations in southern Nevada.

scholarly journals Economic growth and the transition from non-renewable to renewable energy

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 417-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alfred Greiner ◽  
Lars Gruene ◽  
Willi Semmler
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Predictive Control ◽  
Capital Stock ◽  
Optimal Solution ◽  
Renewable Resource ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Negative Externality ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Set Up ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe paper considers the transition of an economy from non-renewable to renewable energy. We set up a canonical growth model with damages in the household's welfare function and two energy sources – non-renewable and renewable energy. To produce renewable energy a capital stock must be built up. A socially optimal solution is considered that takes into account the negative externality from the non-renewable energy. We also study how the optimal solution can be mimicked in a market economy by policies using subsidies and tax rates. To solve the model numerically, we use Nonlinear Model Predictive Control. We study when a transition to renewable energy takes place and whether it occurs before the non-renewable resource is exhausted. In addition, we analyze the impact of the initial values of the non-renewable resource and of the capital stock on the time of paths of the variables.

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