Renewables-Friendly Grid Development Strategies. Experience in the United States, Potential Lessons for China

Technical Report · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1226166· OSTI ID:1226166

Hurlbut, David ^[1]; Zhou, Ella ^[1]; Porter, Kevin ^[2]; Arent, Douglas J. ^[3]

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1. National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Exeter Associates, Columbia, MD (United States)
3. Joint Inst. for Strategic Energy Analysis, Golden, CO (United States)

This report aims to help China's reform effort by providing a concise summary of experience in the United States with "renewables-friendly"" grid management, focusing on experiences that might be applicable to China. It focuses on utility-scale renewables and sets aside issues related to distributed generation.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Children's Investment Fund Foundation, London (United Kingdom)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-08GO28308
• OSTI ID: 1226166
• Report Number(s): NREL/TP-6A20-64940
• Resource Relation: Related Information: Chinese version also available as NREL/TP-6A20-66729 (OSTI ID: 1278315); This work is a part of the China Grids Program for a Low-Carbon Future, supported by the Children's Investment Fund Foundation
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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