The electricity system impacts of publicly-acceptable renewable energy development

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June 18, 2020
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In this study, researchers perform an analysis of the optimal long-run development of the power system, under a development that minimises the cost of the investment, operational and carbon costs of electricity, and under a policy-driven development that limits the installed renewable capacity at each location on the grid.