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Comparing the Costs of Intermittent and Dispatchable Electricity Generating Technologies
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2010-09)
Economic evaluations of alternative electric generating technologies typically rely on comparisons between their expected life-cycle production costs per unit of electricity supplied. The standard life-cycle cost metric ...
Creating a Smarter U.S. Electricity Grid
(MIT CEEPR, 2011-10)
The Future of Nuclear Power After Fukushima
(MIT CEEPR, 2012-02)
This paper analyzes the impact of the Fukushima accident on the future of nuclear
power around the world. We begin with a discussion of the ‘but for’ baseline and the
much discussed ‘nuclear renaissance.’ Our pre-Fukushima ...