How should electricity from wind turbines and solar panels be
evaluated? Should it be evaluated as if these devices are
stand-alone devices? Or do these devices provide electricity that
is of such low quality, because of its intermittency and other
factors, that we should recognize the need for supporting services
associated with actually putting the electricity on the grid? This
question comes up in many types of evaluations, including Levelized
Cost of Energy (LCOE), Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI),
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), and Energy…
evaluated? Should it be evaluated as if these devices are
stand-alone devices? Or do these devices provide electricity that
is of such low quality, because of its intermittency and other
factors, that we should recognize the need for supporting services
associated with actually putting the electricity on the grid? This
question comes up in many types of evaluations, including Levelized
Cost of Energy (LCOE), Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI),
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), and Energy…
How should electricity from wind turbines and solar panels be
evaluated? Should it be evaluated as if these devices are
stand-alone devices? Or do these devices provide electricity that
is of such low quality, because of its intermittency and other
factors, that we should recognize the need for supporting services
associated with actually putting the electricity on the grid? This
question comes up in many types of evaluations, including Levelized
Cost of Energy (LCOE), Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI),
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), and Energy…
evaluated? Should it be evaluated as if these devices are
stand-alone devices? Or do these devices provide electricity that
is of such low quality, because of its intermittency and other
factors, that we should recognize the need for supporting services
associated with actually putting the electricity on the grid? This
question comes up in many types of evaluations, including Levelized
Cost of Energy (LCOE), Energy Return on Energy Invested (EROI),
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA), and Energy…