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Why 100% Clean Energy Advocates Must Overcome The ‘Resource Adequacy’ Challenge
EI's Eric Gimon explains why the clean energy industry must address concerns about resource adequacy, while innovating new planning models that allow for a diverse set of clean energy technologies to compete on equal footing.
Coal Exit: Different Approaches To Determining Costs, Benefits, And Justice Implications
This research review details the costs, benefits, and justice implications of a rapid coal exit scenario and find it produces net societal benefits of $3.4 trillion, or 1.5 percent of global GDP.
Why The Clean Energy Industry Should Be Interested In Resource Adequacy
This brief explores the role of resource adequacy in the clean energy transformation: How the clean power transformation challenges grid resource adequacy planning and management paradigms, how fossil fuel incumbents exploit resource adequacy challenges to electric grid reliability, and why changing perception about resource adequacy must be a top priority for climate mitigation.
How To Replace 187 GW Of Coal With Renewables, And Save Customers Money
EI's study found that customers would save money if 74% percent of U.S. coal units were replaced with solar and wind power sited nearby.