Renewable Electricity Futures Study - Volume One

Complete description and associated links to other models and reports used to prepare the Renewable Energy Futures Report

For the Renewable Electricity Futures Study (RE Futures), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory investigated the extent to which renewable energy supply could meet the electricity demands of the continental United States over the next several decades. This file contains the data for select figures in Volume 1 of the RE Futures report, which describes the approach taken by the study and the models used in it, along with its key results.

Renewable Energy Futures Study - Volume 1 of 4. Exploration of High-Penetration Renewable Electricity Futures. The Renewable Electricity Futures Study (RE Futures) provides an analysis of the grid integration opportunities, challenges, and implications of high levels of renewable electricity generation for the U.S. electric system. The study is not a market or policy assessment. Rather, RE Futures examines renewable energy resources and many technical issues related to the operability of the U.S. electricity grid, and provides initial answers to important questions about the integration of high penetrations of renewable electricity technologies from a national perspective. DOI 10.2172/1219711