Response to 'Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems'

RENEWABLE & SUSTAINABLE ENERGY REVIEWS

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Review

Brown, T. W.^1,2  Bischof-Niemz, T.³  Blok, K.⁴  Breyer, C.⁵  Lund, H.⁶  Mathiesen, B. V.⁷ 

[1] Karlsruhe Inst Technol, Inst Automat & Appl Informat, Hermann von Helmholtz Pl 1, D-76344 Eggenstein Leopoldshafen, Germany

[2] Frankfurt Inst Adv Studies, Ruth Moufang Str 1, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany

[3] CSIR, Energy Ctr, Meiring Naude Rd, Pretoria, South Africa

[4] Delft Univ Technol, Fac Technol Policy & Management, Chair Energy Syst Anal, Jaffalaan 5, NL-2628 BX Delft, Netherlands

[5] Lappeenranta Univ Technol, Sch Energy Syst, Skinnarilankatu 34, Lappeenranta 53850, Finland

[6] Aalborg Univ, Dept Dev & Planning, Rendsburggade 14, DK-9000 Aalborg, Denmark

[7] Aalborg Univ, Dept Dev & Planning, AC Meyers Vaenge 15, DK-2450 Copenhagen SV, Denmark

关键词: Renewables;    Wind power;    Solar power;    Power transmission;    Ancillary services;    Reliability;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.rser.2018.04.113

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

A recent article 'Burden of proof: A comprehensive review of the feasibility of 100% renewable-electricity systems' claims that many studies of 100% renewable electricity systems do not demonstrate sufficient technical feasibility, according to the criteria of the article's authors (henceforth 'the authors'). Here we analyse the authors' methodology and find it problematic. The feasibility criteria chosen by the authors are important, but are also easily addressed at low economic cost, while not affecting the main conclusions of the reviewed studies and certainly not affecting their technical feasibility. A more thorough review reveals that all of the issues have already been addressed in the engineering and modelling literature. Nuclear power, which the authors have evaluated positively elsewhere, faces other, genuine feasibility problems, such as the finiteness of uranium resources and a reliance on unproven technologies in the medium-to long-term. Energy systems based on renewables, on the other hand, are not only feasible, but already economically viable and decreasing in cost every year.

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