Status Report on Power System Transformation: A 21st Century Power Partnership Report

Technical Report · Wed May 27 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1215069· OSTI ID:1215069

Miller, Mackay ^[1]; Martinot, Eric ^[2]; Cox, Sadie ^[1]; Speer, Bethany ^[1]; Zinaman, Owen ^[1]; Booth, Sam ^[1]; Zissler, Romain ^[3]; Cochran, Jaquelin ^[1]; Soonee, S. K. ^[4]; Audinet, Pierre ^[5]; Munuera, Luis ^[6]; Arent, Doug ^[7]

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1. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Beijing Inst. of Technology (China)
3. Japan Renewable Energy Foundation (Japan)
4. Power System Operation Corporation, Ltd (India)
5. World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Program, Washington, DC (United States)
6. International Energy Agency, Paris (France)
7. Joint Inst. for Strategic Energy Analysis, Washington, DC (United States)

This report has three primary goals: (1) to articulate the concept of power system transformation; (2) to explore the current global landscape of ‘innovations’ that constitute power system transformation and provide evidence of how these innovations are emerging; and (3) to suggest an analytical framework for assessing the status of power system transformation on an on-going basis.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: 21st Century Power Partnership
• Contributing Organization: Beijing Institute of Technology; Japan Renewable Energy Foundation; Power System Operation Corporation, Ltd, India; World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Program; International Energy Agency; Joint Institute for Strategic Energy Analysis
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1215069
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-6A20-63366
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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