The material included in this report originally was developed as a set of technical briefing papers to accompany a series of webcasts conducted as part of EPRI’s 24/7 Carbon-Free Energy Buyers Forum collaborative supplemental project. These webcasts explored key issues associated with the procurement of hourly-matched carbon-free energy (CFE) by the federal government and large commercial and industrial (C&I) companies. This technical update summarizes information developed for this project on three key topics related to the potential deployment of CFE on a 24-hour, seven day per week basis (24/7 CFE): 1) A review of existing and advanced future carbon-free power generation technologies and their expected cost and performance; 2) Energy supply agreements and electric utility tariff designs that may facilitate deployment of 24/7 CFE; and 3) Data tracking and reporting associated with the purchase and use of 24/7 CFE products.
Authors Arin Kaye and Adam Diamant