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Interplay of Gas and Electricity Systems at Distribution Level
(MIT Energy Initiative, 2016-12-14)Distributed energy resources for space conditioning comprise a set of varied technologies, ranging from mature well established systems such as furnaces, boilers, and air-conditioning (AC) units to emerging ones such as ... -
Cybersecurity White Paper
(MIT Energy Initiative, 2017-01-02)Information and communications technologies are rapidly decreasing in cost and becoming ubiquitous, enabling more flexible and efficient consumption of electricity, improved visibility of network use, and enhanced control ... -
Machine learning from schools about energy efficiency
(MIT Energy Initiative, 2017-09-27)In the United States, consumers invest billions of dollars annually in energy efficiency, often on the assumption that these investments will pay for themselves via future energy cost reductions. We study energy efficiency ... -
Enhanced Decision Support for a Changing Electricity Landscape: The GenX Configurable Electricity Resource Capacity Expansion Model
(MIT Energy Initiative, 2017-11-27)The electric power sector is currently undergoing several important transitions, which individually and collectively have the potential to transform the design, operation, and characteristics of electricity systems, ... -
Energy Storage for the Grid: Policy Options for Sustaining Innovation
(MIT Energy Initiative, 2018-04)The electric power sector must be transformed in the twenty-first century. The threat of climate change, and the difficulty of reducing carbon emissions from other sources, means that power sector emissions must fall to ... -
Assessing the potential of electrification concessions for universal energy access: Towards integrated distribution frameworks
(MIT Energy Initiative, 2019-09)The situation of energy access in Sub-Saharan Africa remains critical. According to the 2019 Tracking SDG 7: The Energy Progress Report, about 573 million people lacked access to electricity in 2017. Despite the proclaimed ... -
Plausible Energy Futures: A Framework for Evaluating Options, Impacts, and National Energy Choices.
(MIT Energy Initiative, 2019-10-30)The global energy system is undergoing major transformations. The world faces a dual challenge of meeting increasing energy demand while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. This change is characterized by the convergence ... -
Two-Way Trade in Green Electrons: Deep Decarbonization of the Northeastern U.S. and the Role of Canadian Hydropower
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2020-02-12)Meeting climate policy targets in the U.S. Northeast will likely require the nearly complete decarbonization of electricity generation. To that end, consideration is being given to expanding imports of hydropower from ... -
System implications of continued cost declines for wind and solar on driving power sector decarbonization
(MIT Energy Initiative, 2020-03)Global efforts on confronting climate change through reducing energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have seen the most success in the electric power sector through the continued growth in variable renewable energy ... -
Energy Storage Investment and Operation in Efficient Electric Power Systems
(MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research, 2021-01-05)We consider welfare-optimal investment in and operation of electric power systems with constant returns to scale in multiple available generation and storage technologies under perfect foresight. We extend a number of ... -
Reaching universal energy access in Morocco: A successful experience in solar concessions
(2021-05)Ten years after the conclusion of its universal energy access program, Morocco has now become one of the best examples of successful integrated utility-led electrification programs. In less than fifteen years, rural ...