A future energy system is likely to rely heavily on wind and solar PV. To quantify general features of such a weather dependent electricity supply in the contiguous US, wind and solar PV generation data are calculated, based on 32 years of weather data with temporal resolution of 1h and spatial...

This study proposes a policy evaluation model from the perspective of government and investors. The proposed model, which integrates American option method and two-factor learning curve method, can be used to evaluate the unit decision value and save-path rate for renewable energy development...