Energy Systems Analysis helps utilities, policymakers, and stakeholders understand how structural changes in the energy sector could shape future electricity systems. This research combines analysis and projections of policy, load growth, decarbonization, renewable penetration, low-carbon fuels, sector coupling, and other transitions so decision makers can compare pathways and anticipate tradeoffs. To learn more about ESCA’s research, please download the Research Summary on Energy Storage, Research Summary on Nuclear Generation, and Research Summary on Renewable Generation.
Research Topics
Modeling of net-zero emissions pathways and the cost and system impacts of decarbonization.
Cost and performance projections for emerging technologies and their role in energy system decarbonization.
Economic analysis of electrification of heating, transportation, and other end uses in net-zero futures.
Analysis of federal, state, and international climate policies and their impacts on the energy system.
Analysis of how decarbonization policies distribute costs, benefits, and health impacts across households and communities.
