Chapter 6 Analysis 100 Percent Renewable Energy Systems

Woodrow W. Clark, II With a contribution by, Senior Fellow, Milken Institute; Founder, Clark Strategic Partners

The implementation of 100 percent renewable energy systems adds to the challenge of integrating RES into existing energy systems on the large scale. Not only must fluctuating and intermittent renewable energy production be coordinated with the rest of the energy system, but the size of the energy demand must also be adjusted to the realistic amount of potential renewable sources. Furthermore, this adjustment must address the differences in the characteristics of different sources, such as, for example, biomass fuels and electricity production from wind power.

The design of suitable ...

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