Chelsea Cleveland | Nov 11, 2025
Recent International Energy Agency (IEA) studies demonstrate that it is possible to cost-effectively achieve firm power with PV and wind when it’s paired with optimal amounts of battery storage (BESS) and overbuilding (aka implicit storage). The firm power...
Chelsea Cleveland | Aug 13, 2025
This article evaluates and contrasts the variability of large-scale, distributed wind and PV generation across the continental US. It examines the way in which the variability (as identified with a COV) of each resource changes with both temporal scale (time-averaging...
Chelsea Cleveland | Mar 26, 2025
This report examines the feasibility and cost-effectiveness of firm renewable power generation in Nova Scotia under a 100% renewable power generation scenario considering future (2050) full electrification of buildings and transportation. The analysis builds upon...
Matthew Bleeker | Nov 30, 2022
The high share of PV energy requires greater system flexibility to address the increased demand/supply imbalance induced by the inherent intermittency and variability of the solar resource. In this work, we have developed a methodology to evaluate the margins for...
Matthew Bleeker | Nov 10, 2022
This project combines ultra-high-resolution (0.5 meter or 1 meter) Digital Elevation Model (DEM) data and 3D vector building footprint data with [satellite-derived] solar irradiation data and uses accurate anisotropic irradiance transposition and power simulation...
