The Economic Potential of Two Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1333039· OSTI ID:1333039

Ruth, Mark ^[1]; Cutler, Dylan ^[1]; Flores-Espino, Francisco ^[1]; Stark, Greg ^[1]; Jenkin, Thomas ^[1]; Simpkins, Travis ^[1]; Macknick, Jordan ^[1]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)

This report is one of a series of reports that investigate the technical and economic aspects of Nuclear-Renewable Hybrid Energy Systems. It provides the results of an analysis of two scenarios. The first is a Texas-synthetic gasoline scenario and the second is an Arizona-desalination scenario. The analysis focuses on the economics of the N-R HESs and how they compare to other options, including configurations without all the subsystems in each N-R HES and alternatives in which natural gas provides the energy.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Analysis (EI-30)
• OSTI ID: 1333039
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-6A50-66073; 7523
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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