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Low Carbon Grid Study: Analysis of a 50% Emission Reduction in California
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Abstract
The California 2030 Low Carbon Grid Study (LCGS) analyzes the grid impacts of a variety of scenarios that achieve 50% carbon emission reductions from California's electric power sector. Impacts are characterized based on several key operational and economic metrics, including production costs, emissions, curtailment, and impacts on the operation of gas generation and imports. The modeling results indicate that achieving a low-carbon grid (with emissions 50% below 2012 levels) is possible by 2030 with relatively limited curtailment (less than 1%) if institutional frameworks are flexible. Less flexible institutional frameworks and a less diverse generation portfolio could lead to higher curtailment (up to 10%), operational costs (up to $800 million higher), and carbon emissions (up to 14% higher).
- Authors:
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- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies, Sacramento, CA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (Work for Others)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1235548
- Report Number(s):
- NREL/TP-6A20-64884
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; LCGS; Low Carbon Grid Study; California; RPS; integration study
Citation Formats
Brinkman, Gregory, Jorgenson, Jennie, Ehlen, Ali, and Caldwell, James H. Low Carbon Grid Study: Analysis of a 50% Emission Reduction in California. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.2172/1235548.
Brinkman, Gregory, Jorgenson, Jennie, Ehlen, Ali, & Caldwell, James H. Low Carbon Grid Study: Analysis of a 50% Emission Reduction in California. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1235548
Brinkman, Gregory, Jorgenson, Jennie, Ehlen, Ali, and Caldwell, James H. 2016.
"Low Carbon Grid Study: Analysis of a 50% Emission Reduction in California". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1235548. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1235548.
@article{osti_1235548,
title = {Low Carbon Grid Study: Analysis of a 50% Emission Reduction in California},
author = {Brinkman, Gregory and Jorgenson, Jennie and Ehlen, Ali and Caldwell, James H.},
abstractNote = {The California 2030 Low Carbon Grid Study (LCGS) analyzes the grid impacts of a variety of scenarios that achieve 50% carbon emission reductions from California's electric power sector. Impacts are characterized based on several key operational and economic metrics, including production costs, emissions, curtailment, and impacts on the operation of gas generation and imports. The modeling results indicate that achieving a low-carbon grid (with emissions 50% below 2012 levels) is possible by 2030 with relatively limited curtailment (less than 1%) if institutional frameworks are flexible. Less flexible institutional frameworks and a less diverse generation portfolio could lead to higher curtailment (up to 10%), operational costs (up to $800 million higher), and carbon emissions (up to 14% higher).},
doi = {10.2172/1235548},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1235548},
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place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 2016},
month = {Thu Jan 07 00:00:00 EST 2016}
}