2017 Standard Scenarios Report: A U.S. Electricity Sector Outlook

Technical Report · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1416111· OSTI ID:1416111

Cole, Wesley ^[1]; Mai, Trieu ^[1]; Richards, James ^[1]; Das, Paritosh ^[1]; Donohoo-Vallett, Paul ^[2]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Dept. of Energy (DOE), Washington DC (United States)

This report summarizes the results of 26 forward-looking “standard scenarios” of the U.S. power sector simulated by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) using the Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS) and Distributed Generation (dGen) capacity expansion models. The annual Standard Scenarios, which are now in their third year, have been designed to capture a range of possible power system futures considering a variety of factors that impact power sector evolution.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States); USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Analysis (EI-30) (Energy Analysis Corporate)
• OSTI ID: 1416111
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP--6A20-68548; 7827
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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