Technology Costs, Performance, and Trends
Technology Economics | Supply Chain
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Technology Economics
Publications and Presentations
- Young, D; Bistline, JET; Cole, W; Mai, T. 2021. The Outlook for Wind and Solar Deployment: Drivers and Constraints. Published in EM Magazine, a copyrighted publication of the Air & Waste Management Association, May 2021.
- Cole, W; Mai, T; Bistline, JET; Young, D. 2021. The Current State of Renewable Energy for Electricity. Published in EM Magazine, a copyrighted publication of the Air & Waste Management Association, May 2021.
- John Bistline and Geoff Blanford, 2020: “Value of Technology in the U.S. Electric Power Sector” (Energy Economics)
EPRI Reports
- Bedilion, R., Gorgian, T., James, R., Kumar, A., 2024. Program on Technology Innovation: Generation Technology Options – 2024. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. # 3002029428
- Romey James, Nicholas Pilot, and Anand Kumar, 2023. IRA Supply Chain and Workforce Analysis to Inform Technology Cost Assessments. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. # 3002027328
- Bistline, J., Sowder, A., 2022. Nuclear Energy in Long-Term System Models: A Multi-Model Perspective. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. # 3002023697
- Gorgian, T., Kern, N., Bedilion, R., 2020. Endogenous Learning for Projecting Future Capital Costs – Evaluation and Implications for Electric Power Generation Technologies. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. # 3002019786
- EPRI, 2019. Solar Plus Storage Cost Assessment and Design Considerations: Executive Summary. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. # 3002016637
- EPRI, 2019. Energy Storage Technology and Cost Assessment: Executive Summary. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. # 3002013958
- John Bistline and Robert Austin, 2018. The Economics of Nuclear Plant Modernization in U.S. Markets. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. # 3002014737
Supply Chain
EPRI Reports
- Bedilion, R. et al., 2024. Critical Minerals for the Clean Energy Transition: Supply, Demand, and Impacts. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA # 3002030639
- Konsavage, C., Willis, E., 2024. Post-Pandemic Management of High Voltage Power Grid Supply Chain: Procurement Constraints and Strategies to Reduce Risk. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. # 3002028839
- Robin Bedilion and Heather Feldman, 2023. EPRI’s Research and Development to Address Supply Chain for Today and the Energy Transition. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. # 3002027966
- Robin Bedilion, et al., 2022. Understanding Generation and Storage Technology Supply Chain Risks and Needs to Support Electric Utility Sector Decarbonization. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. # 3002023228
- Tom Wilson, Robin Bedilion, Neil Kern, and Todd Gorgian, 2022. Electric Utility Workforce Development and Decarbonization. EPRI, Palo Alto, CA. # 3002023229
