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Philipp Beiter
Bio: Philipp Beiter is an academic researcher from National Renewable Energy Laboratory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Offshore wind power & Wind power. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 34 publications receiving 557 citations.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors report results from a new survey on wind costs, compare those with previous results and discuss the accuracy of the earlier predictions and conclude that there is considerable uncertainty about future costs.
Abstract: Wind energy has experienced accelerated cost reduction over the past five years—far greater than predicted in a 2015 expert elicitation. Here we report results from a new survey on wind costs, compare those with previous results and discuss the accuracy of the earlier predictions. We show that experts in 2020 expect future onshore and offshore wind costs to decline 37–49% by 2050, resulting in costs 50% lower than predicted in 2015. This is due to cost reductions witnessed over the past five years and expected continued advancements. If realized, these costs might allow wind to play a larger role in energy supply than previously anticipated. Considering both surveys, we also conclude that there is considerable uncertainty about future costs. Our results illustrate the importance of considering cost uncertainty, highlight the value and limits of using experts to reveal those uncertainties, and yield possible lessons for energy modellers and expert elicitation. Costs of renewable energy generation have fallen rapidly in recent years, often faster than predicted. Wiser et al. undertake an expert elicitation survey to project wind power costs to 2050, finding substantial continued cost reductions, and compare back to a previous survey to understand what has changed.
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01 Sep 2016
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13 Sep 2019
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27 Sep 2018
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30 Mar 2015
TL;DR: A summary of the main findings of the Working Group's Fifth Assessment Report can be found in this article, along with a discussion of the key findings of that report's fifth assessment report.
Abstract: Presentation provided by the secretariat of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Working Group III, summarizing the main findings of the Working Group's Fifth Assessment Report.
247 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an overview of the current state and future trends of the offshore wind farms worldwide along with the technological challenges, especially the wind farm layout and the main components.
212 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report a techno-economic modelling for the flexible production of hydrogen and ammonia from water and optimally combined solar and wind energy, using hourly data in four locations with world-class solar in the Atacama desert and wind in Patagonia steppes.
197 citations
TL;DR: The meeting of the Advisory Technical Committees of the International Electrotechnical Commission (ITC) was held in Brussels from March 27th to April 1st, 1989 as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Meetings of the Advisory Technical Committees of the International Electrotechnical Commission were held in Brussels March 27th to April 1st. The meetings were attended by delegates from eight national committees — Belgium, France, Great Britain, Holland, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and the United States. There were about 40 delegates in all.
177 citations
TL;DR: In this article, the authors considered the economics of long-duration storage applications, including contributions for both energy time shift and capacity payments and are shown that the cost structure of applications well served by lithium-ion batteries is different from the one served by conventional batteries.
159 citations