This report examines the complex process of transforming power systems. It offers evidence for power system transformation by providing a collection of empirical examples of the types of innovations that are emerging worldwide.
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This report considers remote prosumers as roof-top solar PV customers in remote areas and islands. It describes how they are deploying renewable energy, some with ambitious plans to meet 100% of their electricity or even final energy needs with renewables.
Source: International Energy Agency Renewable Energy Technology Deployment (IEA-RETD)
Date: June 2015
This report describes how cities in the United States are increasingly taking action to improve the sustainability of their jurisdictions and how clean energy and energy efficiency must be central components of these efforts.
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Date: July 2015
This fact sheet outlines how electricity supply options (renewable vs. traditional), specifically utility-scale renewable energy systems, can be appropriately compared.
Source: World Resources Institute
Date: February 2015
This authors of this report aims to comprehensively assess the spectrum of flexibility resources and options available to help enable increased penetration of variable generation in power system.
Source: ECOFYS
Date: March 2014
This report summarizes the Next-Generation Wind and Solar Power study, which was carried out by the International Energy Agency (IEA) as part of its Grid Integration of Variable Renewables (GIVAR) programme.
Source: International Energy Agency
Date: January 2016
This publication provides an overview of the activities and recent accomplishments of technology collaboration programmes (TCPs). The 39 TCPs in operation involve about 6,000 experts from government, industry and research organizations in 51 countries.
Source: International Energy Agency: Energy Technology Network
Date: January 2016
This online data base collects information on international climate mitigation initiatives in operation that (1) have potential to contribute to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, (2) are international in scope or have the potential for significant impact at global scale, and (3) are dialogues,
Source: Climate Initiatives Platform
Date: January 2016
The authors of this article revisit traditional energy efficiency as a metric to drive emissions reductions, and they recommend no-regrets strategies that policymakers can use to implement and account for environmentally beneficial electrification.
Source: The Electricity Journal
Date: August 2016
This book steps into the new world of broad-scale and locally relevant policy experimentation. Chapters focus on the political economy of clean energy transition and emphasize specific issues encountered in both developed and developing countries.
Source: Oxford University Press