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Below are 50 results of the Related Publications of 'Renewable Electricity Futures Study. Volume 1: Exploration of High-Penetration Renewable Electricity Futures'. The publications are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader.

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Renewable Energy and Efficiency Modeling Analysis Partnership (REMAP): An Analysis of How Different Energy Models Addressed a Common High Renewable Energy Penetration Scenario in 2025. Energy system modeling can be intentionally or unintentionally misused by decision-makers. This report describes how both can be minimized through careful use of models and thorough understanding of t  Details Bookmark & Share

2.	Modeling EERE Deployment Programs This report compiles information and conclusions gathered as part of the “Modeling EERE Deployment Programs” project. The purpose of the project was to identify and characterize the modeling of deploy  Details Bookmark & Share

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Multi-Path Transportation Futures Study: Vehicle Characterization and Scenario Analyses: Appendix E: Other NEMS-MP Results or the Base Case and Scenarios This appendix examines additional findings beyond the primary results reported in the report for Phase 2 of the Multi-Path Transportation Futures Study.  Details Bookmark & Share

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Multi-Path Transportation Futures Study: Vehicle Characterization and Scenario Analyses: Main Text and Appendices A, B, C, D, and F This report provides details for Phase 2 of the Multi-Path Transportation Futures Study, which compares alternative ways to make significant reductions in oil use and carbon emissions from U.S. light   Details Bookmark & Share

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Comparison of Vehicle Efficiency Technology Attributes and Synergy Estimates Analyzing the future fuel economy of light-duty vehicles (LDVs) requires detailed knowledge of the vehicle technologies available to improve LDV fuel economy. The National Highway Transportation Safet  Details Bookmark & Share

6.	20% Wind Energy by 2030: Increasing Wind Energy's Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply Report on the requirements needed to generate twenty percent of the nation's electricity from wind energy by the year 2030.   Details Bookmark & Share

7.	Long-Term Energy Scenario Models: A Review of the Literature and Recommendations What primary energy resources will replace conventional oil and gas? A key finding of this study is that energy demands can be satisfied by a wide range of energy resources.   Details Bookmark & Share

8.	Eastern Wind Integration and Transmission Study A two and a half year study funded by the Department of Energy and led by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examining the impacts of integrating 20% or 30% wind power into the United S  Details Bookmark & Share

9.	Western Wind and Solar Integration Study: Executive Summary This Study investigates the operational impact of up to 35% energy penetration of wind, photovoltaics (PVs), and concentrating solar power (CSP) on the power system operated by the WestConnect group  Details Bookmark & Share

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Process Design and Economics for Biochemical Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) promotes the production of ethanol and other liquid fuels from lignocellulosic biomass feedstocks by funding fundamental and applied research that advances the stat  Details Bookmark & Share

11.	Unlocking the Full Potential of Energy Efficiency in the United States This report discusses the compelling benefits of energy efficiency and the reasons this energy resource warrants being a national priority. It identifies solution strategies, including those proven, p  Details Bookmark & Share

12.	US Renewable Futures in the GCAM This report examines renewable energy deployment in the United States using a version of the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM) with a detailed representation of renewables; the GCAM-RE. Electricit  Details Bookmark & Share

13.	Multi-Path Transportation Futures Study: Results from Phase 1 Presentation reporting Phase 1 results, 3/9/2007. Projecting the future role of advanced drivetrains and fuels in the light vehicle market is inherently difficult, given the uncertainty (and likely vo  Details Bookmark & Share

14.	History of Load Participation in ERCOT Presentation on demand integration by ERCOT for a DOE Workshop. Covers history of load participation in ERCOT from 2002 to present.  Details Bookmark & Share

15.	Workshop on DR System Operator Breakout Session Workshop breakout questions: Is it possible to use load response for ancillary services? Is it desirable? Is it worth the effort? What is required? What are the obstacles? How can DOE help?  Details Bookmark & Share

16.	Demand Response in the ERCOT Markets ERCOT grid serves 85% of Texas load over 40K+ miles transmission line. Demand response: voluntary load response, load resources, controllable load resources, and emergency interruptible load service.  Details Bookmark & Share

17.	U.S. Department of Energy Workshop: Load Participation in Ancillary Services List of DOE workshop participants, speakers, facilitators, and planning team. Includes workshop agenda. Workshop held October 25-26, 2011.  Details Bookmark & Share

18.	Opportunities for Mass Market Demand Response to Provide Ancillary Services Discusses what is meant by mass market demand response to provide ancillary services and outlines opportunities for adoption, and barriers to adoption.  Details Bookmark & Share

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Load Participation in Ancillary Services System from An Operator Perspective Ancillary services as defined by FERC (Order 888) distinguished by response time, duration, frequency. Met when DR has capability to balance supply and demand; and LMP payment to DR is cost effective.  Details Bookmark & Share

20.	Load Participation in Ancillary Services Mass Market Report out Answers questions: Is it possible to use load response for ancillary services? Is it desirable? Is it worth the effort? What is required? What are the obstacles? How can DOE help?  Details Bookmark & Share

21.	DOE Workshop: Load Participation in Capacity and Ancillary Services Market Presents profile of PJM demand-side resources. PJM provides 24% of generation, 27% of load, and 19% of transmission assets in Eastern Interconnection. Includes case studies.  Details Bookmark & Share

22.	Load Participation in Ancillary Services Workshop Report Developing load participation in ancillary services to the electric grid. Challenges: coordination among multiple entities, targeted R&D for market conditions and regulatory and policy environments.  Details Bookmark & Share

23.	Smart Grid Solutions That Pay You Describes technologies for mature demand-side asset market. Bi-directional DR; less intrusive to customers; challenges: regulatory, ISO and utility focus, engagement of loads, and effective pilots.  Details Bookmark & Share

24.	Load Participation in Ancillary Services Of five basic types of load response (participation), DOE load participation in ancillary services workshop focused on bulk power system reliability services regulation response and spinning reserve.  Details Bookmark & Share

25.	DOE/OE Load as a Resource R&D Overview DOE R&D and OE’s PSA and ISER programs support OE’s mission to modernize electric grid, enhance energy infrastructure security and reliability, and facilitate recovery from energy supply disruptions.  Details Bookmark & Share

26.	Large Customers Group Report-out Presentation Targets for demand response load participation provide market certainty for sellers, CSPs, and investment in supporting technology. Bigger RPS and resulting variable resources lead to market demand.   Details Bookmark & Share

27.	Large Customers (DR Sellers) State of the large customers for demand response integration of solar and wind into electric grid; openADR; CAISO; DR as a pseudo generation; commercial and industrial DR strategies; California regula  Details Bookmark & Share

28.	ISO New England – Results of Ancillary Service Pilot Programs Compares performance of pilot program assets and generation resources in alternative technology regulation and demand response reserves for flywheels and residential electric thermal storage.  Details Bookmark & Share

29.	ENERNOC Load Participation in Ancillary Services Report on EnerNOC. Description of their demand response for ancillary services in wholesale markets, bilateral programs, and lessons learned. NYISO experience.  Details Bookmark & Share

30.	Comverge contribution to load participation of ancillary services Presents Comverge demand response program summary. Discusses advantages of residential aggregation and real-time load management. Compares residential and commercial.   Details Bookmark & Share

31.	Addressing grid challenges and exploring opportunities, including DR Wind is valuable to PNW power generation mix. BPA supports development of wind generation forecasting, utility operational protocols and business practices, Demand Response, and storage applications.  Details Bookmark & Share

32.	Analytic Challenges to Valuing Energy Storage Electric grid energy storage value. System-level asset focus for mechanical and electrochemical energy storage. Analysis questions for power system planning, operations, and customer-side solutions.  Details Bookmark & Share

33.	Implications of Carbon Regulation for Green Power Markets This paper examines the potential effects that emerging mandatory carbon markets have for voluntary markets for renewable energy, or green power markets. In an era of carbon regulation, green power ma  Details Bookmark & Share

34.	Process Design and Economics for Conversion of Lignocellulosic Biomass to Ethanol Thermochemical Pathway by Indirect Gasification and Mixed Alcohol Synthesis  Details Bookmark & Share

35.	Oil Independence: Achievable National Goal or Empty Slogan Presentation given at the LERDWG Meeting, February 7, 2007, in Washington, DC.   Details Bookmark & Share

36.	Oil Security Metrics Model A presentation to the IWG GPRA USDOE, March 6, 2005, Washington, DC. OSMM estimates oil security benefits of changes in the U.S. oil market.  Details Bookmark & Share

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Running Out Of and Into Oil: Analyzing Global Oil Depletion and Transition Through 2050 This report presents a risk analysis of world conventional oil resource production, depletion, expansion, and a possible transition to unconventional oil resources such as oil sands, heavy oil and sh  Details Bookmark & Share

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Renewable Electricity Futures Study. Volume 2: Renewable Electricity Generation and Storage Technologies The Renewable Electricity Futures (RE Futures) Study investigated the challenges and impacts of achieving very high renewable electricity generation levels in the contiguous United States by 2050. The  Details Bookmark & Share

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Renewable Electricity Futures Study. Volume 3: End-Use Electricity Demand The Renewable Electricity Futures (RE Futures) Study investigated the challenges and impacts of achieving very high renewable electricity generation levels in the contiguous United States by 2050. The  Details Bookmark & Share

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Renewable Electricity Futures Study. Volume 4: Bulk Electric Power Systems: Operations and Transmission Planning The Renewable Electricity Futures (RE Futures) Study investigated the challenges and impacts of achieving very high renewable electricity generation levels in the contiguous United States by 2050. The  Details Bookmark & Share

41.	L Prize® Drives Technology Innovation, Energy Savings A factsheet explaining DOE's L Prize competition  Details Bookmark & Share

42.	Tool to Prioritize Energy Efficiency Investments To provide analytic support of the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of the Building Technology Program (BTP), NREL developed a Microsoft Excel-based tool to provide an open and objective comparison   Details Bookmark & Share

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TRANSPORTATION ENERGY FUTURES - Combining Strategies for Deep Reductions in Energy Consumption and GHG Emissions This fact sheet summarizes actions in the areas of light-duty vehicle, non-light-duty vehicle, fuel, and transportation demand that show promise for deep reductions in energy use.  Details Bookmark & Share

44.	Transportation Energy Futures - Project Overview and Findings Presentation This presentation provides an overview of the Transportation Energy Futures Study and its findings.  Details Bookmark & Share

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Transportation Energy Futures Series: Non-Cost Barriers to Consumer Adoption of New Light-Duty Vehicle Technologies Consumer preferences are key to the adoption of new vehicle technologies. Barriers to consumer adoption include price and other obstacles, such as limited driving range and charging infrastructure; un  Details Bookmark & Share

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Transportation Energy Futures Series: Vehicle Technology Deployment Pathways: An Examination of Timing and Investment Constraints Scenarios of new vehicle technology deployment serve various purposes; some will seek to establish plausibility. This report proposes two reality checks for scenarios: (1) implications of manufacturin  Details Bookmark & Share

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Transportation Energy Futures Series: Potential for Energy Efficiency Improvement Beyond the Light-Duty-Vehicle Sector Considerable research has focused on energy efficiency and fuel substitution options for light-duty vehicles, while much less attention has been given to medium- and heavy-duty trucks, buses, aircraft  Details Bookmark & Share

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Transportation Energy Futures Series: Projected Biomass Utilization for Fuels and Power in a Mature Market The viability of biomass as transportation fuel depends upon the allocation of limited resources for fuel, power, and products. By focusing on mature markets, this report identifies how biomass is pro  Details Bookmark & Share

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Transportation Energy Futures Series: Effects of the Built Environment on Transportation: Energy Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Other Factors Planning initiatives in many regions and communities aim to reduce transportation energy use, decrease emissions, and achieve related environmental benefits by changing land use. This report reviews a  Details Bookmark & Share

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Transportation Energy Futures Series: Effects of Travel Reduction and Efficient Driving on Transportation: Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Since the 1970s, numerous transportation strategies have been formulated to change the behavior of drivers or travelers by reducing trips, shifting travel to more efficient modes, or improving the eff  Details Bookmark & Share