NREL supercomputing model provides insights from higher wind and solar generation in the Eastern power grid
Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 06:01
in Physics & Chemistry
A new study from the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used high-performance computing capabilities and innovative visualization tools to model, in unprecedented detail, how the power grid of the eastern United States could operationally accommodate higher levels of wind and solar photovoltaic generation. The analysis considered scenarios of up to 30 percent annual penetration of wind and solar.