[This episode has been released ahead of schedule to coincide with the publication of the paper it covers. Enjoy! --Ed.]<\/p>\n
Is it really feasible to run the world on 100% renewables, including supply and demand matching\u00a0at all times and places? Would doing so require vast amounts of seasonal storage? Are exotic new technologies like next-generation flexible nuclear power plants or coal plants equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS) equipment needed to balance out variable renewables at a reasonable cost?<\/p>\n
In this episode, Dr. Christopher Clack offers a very detailed, deep critique of the 100% wind, water and solar model proposed by Stanford\u2019s Mark Jacobson in 2015, and explains where the model falls short. We also discuss a recent paper by Jesse Jenkins from MIT and Samuel Thernstrom from the Energy Innovation Reform Project, which reviewed some recent papers on what \u201cdeep decarbonization\u201d might imply for our future energy mix. This 90-minute, super-wonky chat over a few pints of IPA is guaranteed to leave you reeling\u2026and hopefully, more informed about the best policy pathways to a mostly renewable future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Can we run the world on 100% renewables? Is that even the right goal? A new critique of Prof. Mark Jacobson\u2019s work on 100% renewables offers some insights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[111],"tags":[190,88,23,69,272,273,128,93,64,115,274,275,100,276,45],"class_list":["post-895","xen_episodes","type-xen_episodes","status-publish","hentry","category-energy-transition-show-podcasts","tag-100-renewables","tag-ccs","tag-climate","tag-grid","tag-hydro","tag-jesse-jenkins","tag-mark-jacobson","tag-nuclear","tag-solar","tag-storage","tag-underground-thermal-energy-storage","tag-utes","tag-water","tag-weather","tag-wind","xen_guests-christopher-clack"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n