Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100): Six-Month Progress Update [Slides]

Technical Report · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2022

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1878751· OSTI ID:1878751

Burton, Robin ^[1]; Baggu, Murali ^[1]; Rhodes, Jill ^[1]; Blair, Nate ^[1]; Harris, Tom ^[1]; Sengupta, Manajit  ^[1]; Barrows, Clayton ^[1]; Sky, Haiku ^[1]; Yang, Jaemo ^[1]; Elsworth, James ^[1]; Das, Paritosh ^[1]; Duffy, Patrick ^[1]; Zuckerman, Gabriel ^[1]; Stefek, Jeremy  ^[1]; Joshi, Prateek ^[1]; Lewis, Lawrence Paul ^[2]; Murphy, John ^[2]; Cappers, Peter ^[3]; Deason, Jeff ^[3]; Pigman, Margaret ^[3] ; Liu, Yilu ^[4]; Kar, Bandana ^[4]; Kao, Shih-Chieh ^[4]; Elizondo, Marcelo ^[5]; Fan, Xiaoyuan ^[5]; Maloney, Patrick ^[5]; Chalishazar, Vishvas ^[5]; Royer, Patrick ^[5]; Bereta Dos Reis, Fernando ^[5]; Wachtel, Amanda ^[6]; Lave, Matthew ^[7]; Hart, Olga Epshtein ^[6]; Birk Jones, Christian ^[6]; Ellison, James ^[6]; Newlun, Cody ^[6]; Chait, Michelle ^[8]; Cutler, Harvey ^[9]; Shields, Martin ^[9]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
4. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
5. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
6. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
7. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
8. Michele Chait LLC, San Rafael, CA (United States)
9. Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO (United States)

Puerto Rico has committed to meeting its electricity needs with 100% renewable energy by 2050, along with realizing interim goals of 40% by 2025, 60% by 2040, the phase-out of coal-fired generation by 2028, and a 30% improvement in energy efficiency by 2040, as established in Puerto Rico Energy Public Policy Act (Act 17). Since hurricanes Irma and Maria in September 2017, DOE and its national laboratories have provided Puerto Rico energy system stakeholders with tools, training, and modeling support to enable planning and operation of the electric power grid with more resilience against further disruptions. On February 2, 2022, DOE, FEMA, and six national laboratories launched the two-year Puerto Rico Grid Resilience and Transitions to 100% Renewable Energy Study (PR100) to conduct comprehensive analysis of stakeholder-driven pathways to Puerto Rico's energy future. The robust and objective energy analysis entails five activities, with an emphasis on power system reliability, resilience, and generation planning. This presentation provides a six-month progress update on the study, including presentation of four initial scenario frameworks defined with extensive stakeholder input.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308; HSFE02-20-IRWA-0011
• OSTI ID: 1878751
• Report Number(s): NREL/PR-6A20-83432; MainId:84205; UUID:243495f2-7488-4423-9794-6d3413102122; MainAdminID:64932
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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