Examining Supply-Side Options to Achieve 100% Clean Electricity by 2035

Paul Denholm; Patrick Brown; Wesley Cole; Trieu Mai; Brian Sergi; Maxwell Brown; Paige Jadun; Jonathan Ho; Jack Mayernik; Colin McMillan; Ragini Sreenath

doi:10.2172/1885591

Examining Supply-Side Options to Achieve 100% Clean Electricity by 2035

Paul Denholm, Patrick Brown, Wesley Cole, Trieu Mai, Brian Sergi, Maxwell Brown, Paige Jadun, Jonathan Ho, Jack Mayernik, Colin McMillan, Ragini Sreenath

National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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Abstract

The growing climate emergency requires a dramatic and rapid reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and internationally. This study evaluates a variety of 100% clean electricity system scenarios in 2035 that could put the United States on a path to economy-wide net-zero emissions by 2050, specifically focusing on technical requirements, challenges, and cost implications. The results highlight there are multiple approaches to cost-effectively achieve a net-zero carbon grid in 2035.

Original language	American English
Number of pages	161
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2172/1885591
State	Published - 2022

NREL Publication Number

NREL/TP-6A40-81644

Keywords

100% clean electricity
decarbonization
grid analysis
net-zero carbon

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