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Assessment of Wind and Solar Power in Global Low-Carbon Energy Scenarios: An Introduction

  • Gunnar Luderer
  • , Robert C. Pietzcker
  • , Samuel Carrara
  • , Harmen Sytze de Boer
  • , Shinichiro Fujimori
  • , Nils Johnson
  • , Silvana Mima
  • , Douglas Arent
  • Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
  • Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei
  • Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change
  • PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency
  • National Institute for Environmental Studies of Japan
  • International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Laxenburg
  • INRAE

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Abstract

This preface introduces the special section on the assessment of wind and solar in global low-carbon energy scenarios. The special section documents the results of a coordinated research effort to improve the representation of variable renewable energies (VRE), including wind and solar power, in Integrated Assessment Models (IAM) and presents an overview of the results obtained in the underlying coordinated model inter-comparison exercise.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)542-551
Number of pages10
JournalEnergy Economics
Volume64
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2017

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier B.V.

NLR Publication Number

  • NREL/JA-6A50-68270

Keywords

  • Climate change mitigation
  • Electricity supply
  • Integrated assessment modeling
  • System integration challenges
  • Variable renewable energy
  • Wind and solar power

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