Assessment of wind and solar power in global low-carbon energy scenarios: An introduction

• Published in: Energy economics Vol. 64; no. C; pp. 542 - 551
• Main Authors: Luderer, Gunnar, Pietzcker, Robert C., Carrara, Samuel, de Boer, Harmen Sytze, Fujimori, Shinichiro, Johnson, Nils, Mima, Silvana, Arent, Douglas
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier B.V 01.05.2017; Elsevier Science Ltd; Elsevier
• Subjects: Air pollution; Carbon; Clean energy; Climate change mitigation; Economics and Finance; Electricity supply; Energy economics; Environmental policy; Evaluation; Humanities and Social Sciences; Integrated assessment modeling; Power; POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; Solar energy; Solar generators; Solar power; System integration challenges; Variable renewable energy; Wind and solar power; Wind power; Q55; Q54; Variable renewable energy; Integrated assessment modeling; P18; Wind and solar power; Electricity supply; Climate change mitigation; Q50; Q42; Q20; System integration challenges; Electricity Supply; Climate Change Mitigation; Variable Renewable Energy; System Integration Challenges; Wind and Solar Power; Integrated Assessment Modeling
• ISSN: 0140-9883; 1873-6181
• DOI: 10.1016/j.eneco.2017.03.027

This preface introduces the special section on the assessment of wind and solar in global low-carbon energy scenarios. The special section documents the results of a coordinated research effort to improve the representation of variable renewable energies (VRE), including wind and solar power, in Integrated Assessment Models (IAM) and presents an overview of the results obtained in the underlying coordinated model inter-comparison exercise.