Renewable Energy: Scaling Deployment in the United States and in Developing Economies. Scaling Deployment in the United States and in Developing Economies.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-27-2017

Publication Title

Sustainable Cities and Communities Design Handbook Green Engineering Architecture and Technology

Keywords

Distributed renewable energy, Electrification, Energy, Sierra Leone, Solar power, Sustainable development, United States

Abstract

This chapter begins with a discussion of the various ways in which renewable energy sources serve to satisfy the US demand for electricity and heating. After an overview of the flows of energy in the US economy, the next six sections examine the contributions and prospects of specific renewable technologies. This discussion is organized by the source of renewable energy according to current market penetration, with emerging technologies discussed at the end. (Although large hydroelectric power plants currently constitute the largest single source of renewable energy in the United States, they are not discussed in this chapter due to limited opportunities for further domestic development.) "Summary of Scaling Renewables in the United States" provides concluding comments.The chapter then shifts focus to the deployment of renewables in countries without extensive, incumbent electricity systems. "The Energy Access Gap" canvases the deficit of electricity connection in remote populations, also known as the energy access gap. An effective and clean means of addressing this gap-distributed renewable energy (DRE)-is reviewed in the following section. "The Habits of Highly Effective Markets" discusses the market trends that can facilitate the deployment of DRE, while the subsequent section explores the particular experience of Sierra Leone. The chapter closes with a brief conclusion. © 2018 Copyright

First Page

89

Last Page

109

DOI

10.1016/B978-0-12-813964-6.00005-7

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