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Title
Can Wind and Solar Replace Coal in Texas (1 credit hours)
Course Description
In this 1 hour course, a study is presented showing a cost effective way of replacing coal generation in Texas by using only currently planned wind and solar energy generation projects. The key is to site the projects to take advantage of the complementary timing of solar and wind in the state—in the west, sunshine peaks midday while wind peaks overnight; near the coast, wind peaks on summer evenings. The study shows that not all of the currently planned projects would be needed; a subset of projects sited through complementary timing would be sufficient to replace most coal generation in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas system, leaving ten percent of coal power output to be covered by natural gas and nuclear power.
Author
Mark Rossow
Learning Objectives
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:  
  • Individuals completing this course will be able to model the output of wind and solar projects.
  • Individuals completing this course will know how to estimate the costs of wind and solar projects.
  • Individuals completing this course will understand how to optimize a least-cost set of projects.
  • Individuals completing this course will recognize complementary timing of solar and wind phenomena in a region.
  • Individuals completing this course will understand the concept of “slack” in output of coal plants.
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