Energy Integration for 2050 - A Strategic Impact Model (2050 SIM), Version 2.0

John Collins

关键词: DOCUMENTATION;    ECONOMICS;    ELECTRICITY;    ENERGY DEMAND;    ENERGY SOURCES;    GREENHOUSE GASES;    PRICES;    REACTORS;    VOLATILITY Energy Integration;    Model;    Next Generation Nuclear Plant Project;    NGNP;    Strategic Impact;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1031702
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-10-19992
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1031702
Others  :  TRN: US1200211

学科分类：能源（综合）

美国|英语

来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

The United States (U.S.) energy infrastructure is among the most reliable, accessible, and economic in the world. On the other hand, it is also excessively reliant on foreign energy sources, experiences high volatility in energy prices, does not always practice good stewardship of finite indigenous energy resources, and emits significant quantities of greenhouse gas. The U.S. Department of Energy is conducting research and development on advanced nuclear reactor concepts and technologies, including High Temperature Gas Reactor (HTGR) technologies, directed at helping the United States meet its current and future energy challenges. This report discusses the Draft Strategic Impact Model (SIM), an initial version of which was created during the later part of FY-2010. SIM was developed to analyze and depict the benefits of various energy sources in meeting the energy demand and to provide an overall system understanding of the tradeoffs between building and using HTGRs versus other existing technologies for providing energy (heat and electricity) to various energy-use sectors in the United States. This report also provides the assumptions used in the model, the rationale for the methodology, and the references for the source documentation and source data used in developing the SIM.