This study provides a comprehensive summary of the market and state-of-technology for wind, nuclear, carbon capture and sequestration, carbon capture and utilization, fuel cell technology, low carbon fuel, ocean technology, and edge-of-grid areas of renewable energy. To understand and compare these established and developmental technologies, extensive literature reviews were performed to assess their technology readiness, capital and O&M costs, environmental attributes, challenges and benefits, market drivers and barriers, and provide a qualitative risk assessment.

This report provides a comprehensive and well-referenced guide on the state of utility-scale power conversion technologies. As the penetration of inverter-based resources (IBRs) has increased significantly over the last decade, the average price of inverter products has decreased. In this report, IBRs are evaluated based on cost to understand the market forces that have influenced their increased adoption. The report also includes a grid services framework that is applied to segment the capabilities of conventional generation technologies and compare these with power conversion technologies.

This report presents an overview of current disposal and recycling methods for commercially prevalent renewable technologies in Canada and the U.S. It summarizes the three main recycling methods used to dispose of wind turbine blades, ground-mounted solar PV modules, and lithium-ion batteries: mechanical, thermal, and chemical recycling. For each technology, the recycling processes are compared on their technology readiness level, environmental impact, and economic feasibility to best advise utility-scale wind, solar PV, and battery owners on decommissioning and disposal methods.

This webinar focuses on the aspects of scaling direct air capture (DAC) that are most relevant to engineering and innovation leaders at utilities. It discusses the heat, electrical, water, steam, and other resource requirements involved in scaling various DAC technologies, and how these map to utility services already under operation. The session also highlights how these requirements vary by DAC technology and service territory or geography.

To determine how potential resource portfolios could perform in different market and external conditions, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) uses an integrated, least-cost framework that considers multiple views of the future. The end goal is to identify a resource plan that performs well under a variety of future conditions, considering cost, risk, environmental stewardship, operational flexibility, and regional economics. This webinar explores the process that TVA uses to reach that goal based on lessons learned from their last three integrated resource planning (IRP) studies and touches on some new challenges they are facing in their current IRP work.