Economic Curtailment of Intermittent Renewable Energy Sources

Non-renewable and intermittent renewable energy sources: friends and foes?

Curtailment of Renewable Energy in California and Beyond

Rachel Golden is a graduate student in the Energy and Resources Group and the Goldman School of Public Policy at University of California, Berkeley. At UC Berkeley, she has served as a student researcher on multiple energy policy issues at the California Governor’s Office, California Public Utilities Commission, California Energy Commission, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 9, and Na...

Renewable Energy Sources

Glossary Amorphous silicon (a-Si): A glassy alloy of silicon and hydrogen (about 10 percent) used in thin-film photovoltaic solar cells to convert sunlight to electricity. Anaerobic Digestion: Combustible gas called biogas produced from biomass through low temperature biological processes. Anthropogenic: Man made. Bagasse: The fiber residue that remains after juice extraction from sugarcane. Ba...

Electricity storage for intermittent renewable sources

With sufficient electricity storage capacity, any power production profile may be mapped onto any desired supply profile. We present a framework to determine the required storage power as a function of time for any power production profile, supply profile, and targeted system efficiency, given the loss characteristics of the storage system. We apply the framework to the electrochemical storage ...

Energy Sources: Non Renewable and Renewable