The Moonshot 100% clean electricity study – Fact Sheet
Although New Mexico is among several states that have set goals to fully decarbonize their power systems, most states have not yet conducted a detailed evaluation of how to achieve these targets. The original moonshot set an ambitious goal of...
The Moonshot 100% clean electricity study – Technical Appendix 2
Although New Mexico is among several states that have set goals to fully decarbonize their power systems, most states have not yet conducted a detailed evaluation of how to achieve these targets. The original moonshot set an ambitious goal of...
The Moonshot 100% clean electricity study – Technical Appendix 1
Load forecasting objectives- Develop Load shapes and end use profiles for all states in the West. 8 weather years and a TMY weather year. Use the economy-wide demand side model EnergyPATHWAYS so that the forecasted loads incorporate decarbonization impacts, especially...
Open-Source Modeling e-Lab Initiative
Electricity system planning is growing more complex as decarbonization is becoming a high priority and power system plans are including increased amounts of variable renewable resources and energy storage. Grid planning processes and software tools need to evolve to support...
GridPath RA Toolkit Fact Sheet
WHAT WAS THE MOTIVATION FOR CREATING THE GRIDPATH RA TOOLKIT? Robust resource adequacy (RA) analysis will be increasingly critical as the power sector undergoes the clean energy transition. However, current analytical methods may be insufficient for analyzing RA of power...
GridPath RA Toolkit Report
Recent years have seen a renewed focus on resource adequacy (RA) in the Western United States, as aging coal plants begin to retire and new technologies and policies are quickly changing the composition of the Western grid. Clean technologies are...
GridPath RA Toolkit News Release
Berkeley, CA. - Better planning tools will be needed to ensure reliability and avoid cutting off power to consumers as climate change worsens and the Western US continues to add clean energy. GridLab has released a new report, Advancing resource...
Reliably reaching California’s clean electricity targets
California’s Senate Bill 100 sets targets of 60% renewable energy by 2030 and 100% carbon-free electricity by 2045. In December 2020, the Joint Agencies SB 100 report (hereafter, referred to as the “SB 100 report”) analyzed the feasibility of the...