Solar Futures Study
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Clean Kilowatts, Plymouth, MI (United States)
Dramatic improvements to solar technologies and other clean energy technologies have enabled recent rapid growth in deployment and are providing cost-effective options for decarbonizing the U.S. electric grid. The Solar Futures Study explores the role of solar in decarbonizing the grid. Through state-of-the-art modeling, the study envisions deep grid decarbonization by 2035, as driven by a required emissions-reduction target. It also explores how electrification could enable a low-carbon grid to extend decarbonization to the broader energy system (the electric grid plus all direct fuel use in buildings, transportation, and industry) through 2050.
- Research Organization:
- South Hero Library Foundation, Inc., South Hero, VT (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Energy Efficiency Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0010809
- OSTI ID:
- 2589306
- Report Number(s):
- GO--102021-5621
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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