Integrated Nuclear-Renewable Energy Systems: Foundational Workshop Report

Shannon Bragg-Sitton ; Richard Boardman ; John Collins ; Mark Ruth ; Owen Zinaman ; Charles Forsberg

关键词: NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY;    IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY;    RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES;    NUCLEAR ENERGY;    ENERGY EFFICIENCY;    ENERGY SYSTEMS;    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS;    HYBRID SYSTEMS;    PERFORMANCE;    ECONOMICS;    ELECTRICITY;    POWER SYSTEMS;    MANUFACTURING;    INDUSTRY;    TRANSPORTATION SECTOR hybrid energy;    integrated energy systems;    nuclear-renewable;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1170315
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT--14-32857-Rev.1
RP-ID  :  NREL/TP--6A20-62778
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1170315
Others  :  TRN: US1500019

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recognizes the need to transform the energy infrastructure of the U.S. and elsewhere to systems that can drastically reduce environmental impacts in an efficient and economically viable manner while utilizing both hydrocarbon resources and clean energy generation sources. Thus, DOE is supporting research and development that could lead to more efficient utilization of clean energy generation sources, including renewable and nuclear options. A concept being advanced by the DOE Offices of Nuclear Energy (NE) and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is tighter coupling of nuclear and renewable energy sources in a manner that produces new energy currency for the combined electricity grid, industrial manufacturing, and the transportation energy sectors. This integration concept has been referred to as a ???hybrid system??? that is capable of providing the right type of energy, at the right time, in the right place. At the direction of DOE-NE and DOE-EERE leadership, project leads at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have identified and engaged stakeholders in discussing integrated energy systems that would optimize renewable and nuclear energy integration on a region-by-region basis. Subsequent work will entail conduct of technical, economic, environmental and socio-political evaluations of the leading integrated system options based on a set of criteria established with stakeholder input. The Foundational Workshop for Integrated Nuclear ??? Renewable Energy Systems was organized around the following objectives: 1. Identify and refine priority region-specific opportunities for integrated nuclear-renewable energy systems in the U.S.; 2. Select Figures of Merit (FOM) to rank and prioritize candidate systems; 3. Discuss enabling technology development needs; 4. Identify analysis requirements, capabilities and gaps to estimate FOM for integrated system options; 5. Identify experimental needs to develop and demonstrate nuclear-renewable energy systems.