Transforming the U.S. Energy Infrastructure

Technical Report · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/984535· OSTI ID:984535

Demick, Larry

The U.S. energy infrastructure is among the most reliable, accessible and economic in the world. On the other hand, the U.S. energy infrastructure is excessively reliant on foreign sources of energy, experiences high volatility in energy prices, does not practice good stewardship of finite indigenous energy resources and emits significant quantities of greenhouse gases (GHG). This report presents a Technology Based Strategy to achieve a full transformation of the U.S. energy infrastructure that corrects these negative factors while retaining the positives.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - NE
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC07-05ID14517
• OSTI ID: 984535
• Report Number(s): INL/EXT-09-17436; TRN: US1005974
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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