Andrew Mills

Bio: Andrew Mills is an academic researcher from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Photovoltaic system & Renewable energy. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 81 publications receiving 3942 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrew Mills include University of California, Berkeley & University of Auckland.

Implications of Wide-Area Geographic Diversity for Short- Term Variability of Solar Power

Abstract: LBNL-3884E E RNEST O RLANDO L AWRENCE B ERKELEY N ATIONAL L ABORATORY Implications of Wide-Area Geographic Diversity for Short- Term Variability of Solar Power Andrew Mills and Ryan Wiser Environmental Energy Technologies Division September 2010 Download from http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/EMP The work described in this paper was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability) under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

Changes in the Economic Value of Photovoltaic Generation at High Penetration Levels: A Pilot Case Study of California

Abstract: We estimate the long-run economic value of photovoltaic (PV) generation with increasing penetration using a unique investment and dispatch model that captures long-run investment decisions while also incorporating detailed operational constraints and hourly time resolution over a full year. High time resolution and operational constraints can be important for estimating the economic value of variable generation resources like PV, as is the use of a modeling framework that accommodates new investment decisions. The model is herein applied to a case study that is loosely based on California in 2030. The marginal economic value of PV is decomposed into capacity value, energy value, day-ahead forecast error cost, and ancillary services. The value of PV is found to exceed the value of a flat block of power by $19/MWh at low penetration, largely due to the high capacity value of PV at low penetration. The value of PV is found to drop considerably (by more than $60/MWh) as the penetration increases toward 30% on an energy basis, first due primarily to a steep drop in the capacity value followed by a decrease in the energy value. Day-ahead forecast error and ancillary service costs, though not insignificant, do not change as dramatically with increasing penetration. In the near term, efforts to mitigate changes in the value of PV with increasing penetration may be most effective if focused on maintaining the capacity value of PV.

Climate change 2014 - Mitigation of climate change

Abstract: The talk with present the key results of the IPCC Working Group III 5th assessment report. Concluding four years of intense scientific collaboration by hundreds of authors from around the world, the report responds to the request of the world's governments for a comprehensive, objective and policy neutral assessment of the current scientific knowledge on mitigating climate change. The report has been extensively reviewed by experts and governments to ensure quality and comprehensiveness.

State of the art on high temperature thermal energy storage for power generation. Part 1—Concepts, materials and modellization

Abstract: Concentrated solar thermal power generation is becoming a very attractive renewable energy production system among all the different renewable options, as it has have a better potential for dispatchability. This dispatchability is inevitably linked with an efficient and cost-effective thermal storage system. Thus, of all components, thermal storage is a key one. However, it is also one of the less developed. Only a few plants in the world have tested high temperature thermal energy storage systems. In this paper, the different storage concepts are reviewed and classified. All materials considered in literature or plants are listed. And finally, modellization of such systems is reviewed.