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Compendium of DEFR Analyses
Roger Caiazza
The organizations responsible for the New York State electricity system transition to net-zero agree that new technologies are necessary to keep the lights on during periods of extended low wind and solar resource availability. This article references six analyses that describe a new category of generating resources called Dispatchable Emissions-Free Resources (DEFR) needed for a future grid that depends upon wind, solar, and energy storage resources.
Compendium of DEFR Analyses
This article summarizes six analyses describing the need for DEFR: the New York Scoping Plan’s Integration Analysis, New York Department of Public Service (DPS) Proceeding 15-E-0302 Technical Conference, NYISO Resource Outlook, Richard Ellenbogen, Cornell Biology and Environmental Engineering, and Nuclear New York. I also include the Jacobson and Howarth work that argues that no new technology is needed.
DEFR is not Required
When the Climate Action Council voted to accept the Scoping Plan draft, council members made statements justifying their positions. The statement of Robert W. Howarth, Ph.D., the David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology & Environmental Biology at Cornell University argued that no new technologies are needed and was uncritically accepted by some members of the Council. Importantly, the leadership of the Council did not object to the following:
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