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Personal Profile
Wesley Cole is a member of the Capacity Expansion & Electricity Markets Group in the Grid Planning and Analysis Center, and seeks to improve understanding of how the U.S. power system might evolve over the coming decades. He has extensive experience in building and applying long-term planning models to help inform decision-making in the power sector. He actively collaborates with other modeling and analysis teams outside of NREL to advance modeling and analysis capabilities.
Research Interests
Long-term resource planning
Power sector capacity expansion modeling
Energy storage
Professional Experience
Sabbatical, Wholesale Marketing and Supply, Grant Public Utility District (2022)
Assistant Instructor, University of Texas at Austin (2013)
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University
PhD, Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
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Advanced Guide to Understanding Power System Model Results for Long-Term Resource Plans
Cole, W., Murphy, C., Lavin, L. & Savage, E., 2024, 15 p.Research output: NREL › Technical Report
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Annual Technology Baseline: The 2024 Electricity Update
Mirletz, B., Vimmerstedt, L., Avery, G., Sekar, A., Stright, D., Akindipe, D., Cohen, S., Cole, W., Duffy, P., Eberle, A., Feldman, D., Fuchs, B., Hedalen, T., Kurup, P., Mulas Hernando, D., Ramasamy, V., Roberts, O., Rakov, B., Rosenlieb, E. & Schleifer, A. & 13 others, , 2024, 87 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
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Average and Marginal Capacity Credit Values of Renewable Energy and Battery Storage in the United States Power System
Pham, A., Cole, W. & Gagnon, P., 2024, 38 p.Research output: NREL › Technical Report
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Beginner's Guide to Understanding Power System Model Results for Long-Term Resource Plans
Cole, W., Murphy, C. & Karmakar, A., 2024, 19 p.Research output: NREL › Technical Report
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Beginner's Guide to Understanding Power System Model Results for Long-Term Resource Plans
Murphy, C., Cole, W. & Karmakar, A., 2024, 9 p.Research output: NREL › Presentation
Awards and Honors
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U.S. Department of Energy Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Program Award, H2@Scale
Cole, W. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Honorary award