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Overview

Paul Denholm is affiliated with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on engineering, with significant contributions to electrical and electronic engineering, control and systems engineering, pollution, renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment, as well as energy engineering and power technology.

Their published work spans various topics including:

  • Smart Grid Energy Management
  • Integrated Energy Systems Optimization
  • Microgrid Control and Optimization
  • Energy and Environment Impacts
  • Electric Power System Optimization
  • Electric Vehicles and Infrastructure
  • Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems

Paul Denholm has frequently published in several specialized journals and venues, notably:

  • Joule
  • Applied Energy
  • Energy & Environmental Science
  • Journal of Energy Storage
  • Energy Policy

Recent influential papers by this researcher include:

  • "The 2020 photovoltaic technologies roadmap," 2020, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
  • "The value of seasonal energy storage technologies for the integration of wind and solar power," 2020, Energy & Environmental Science
  • "The challenges of achieving a 100% renewable electricity system in the United States," 2021, Joule
  • "Quantifying the challenge of reaching a 100% renewable energy power system for the United States," 2021, Joule
  • "Challenges and opportunities in decarbonizing the U.S. energy system," 2022, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Collaboration is a key component of their research, with frequent co-authors including Wesley Cole, Trieu Mai, Caitlin Murphy, Anna Schleifer, and D. J. Arent.

Best Publications

  • Achieving a 100% Renewable Grid: Operating Electric Power Systems with Extremely High Levels of Variable Renewable Energy

    Benjamin Kroposki;Brian Johnson;Yingchen Zhang;Vahan Gevorgian

  • Grid flexibility and storage required to achieve very high penetration of variable renewable electricity

    Paul Denholm;Maureen Hand

  • Role of Energy Storage with Renewable Electricity Generation

    P. Denholm;E. Ela;B. Kirby;M. Milligan

  • Estimating the value of electricity storage in PJM: Arbitrage and some welfare effects !

    Ramteen Sioshansi;Paul Denholm;Thomas Jenkin;Jurgen Weiss

  • Overgeneration from Solar Energy in California - A Field Guide to the Duck Chart

    Paul Denholm;Matthew O'Connell;Gregory Brinkman;Jennie Jorgenson

  • Land-Use Requirements for Solar Power Plants in the United States

    S. Ong;C. Campbell;P. Denholm;R. Margolis

  • Evaluating the Limits of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) in Traditional Electric Power Systems

    Paul Denholm;Robert M. Margolis

  • Life cycle energy requirements and greenhouse gas emissions from large scale energy storage systems

    Paul Denholm;Gerald L. Kulcinski

  • Evaluation of Utility System Impacts and Benefits of Optimally Dispatched Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (Revised)

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  • Evaluating the limits of solar photovoltaics (PV) in electric power systems utilizing energy storage and other enabling technologies

    Paul Denholm;Robert M. Margolis

  • The 2020 photovoltaic technologies roadmap

    Gregory M Wilson;Mowafak Al-Jassim;Wyatt K Metzger;Stefan W Glunz;Stefan W Glunz

  • The Value of Concentrating Solar Power and Thermal Energy Storage

    Ramteen Sioshansi;Paul Denholm

  • Costs and Emissions Associated with Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle Charging in the Xcel Energy Colorado Service Territory

    K. Parks;P. Denholm;T. Markel

  • The value of compressed air energy storage with wind in transmission- constrained electric power systems

    Paul Denholm;Ramteen Sioshansi

  • Land Use Requirements of Modern Wind Power Plants in the United States

    P. Denholm;M. Hand;M. Jackson;S. Ong

  • Demand Response for Ancillary Services

    Ookie Ma;Nasr Alkadi;Peter Cappers;Paul Denholm

  • Emissions impacts and benefits of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and vehicle-to-grid services.

    Ramteen Sioshansi;Paul Denholm

  • The value of compressed air energy storage in energy and reserve markets

    Easan Drury;Paul Denholm;Ramteen Sioshansi

  • The value of seasonal energy storage technologies for the integration of wind and solar power

    Omar J. Guerra;Jiazi Zhang;Joshua Eichman;Paul Denholm

  • The Value of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles as Grid Resources

    Ramteen Sioshansi;Paul Denholm

  • Renewable Electricity Futures for the United States

    Trieu Mai;M. Maureen Hand;Samuel F. Baldwin;Ryan H. Wiser

  • Land-use requirements and the per-capita solar footprint for photovoltaic generation in the United States

    Paul Denholm;Robert M. Margolis

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Margolis
Robert Margolis National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ramteen Sioshansi
Ramteen Sioshansi Carnegie Mellon University
Trieu Mai
Trieu Mai National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Mark O'Malley
Mark O'Malley Imperial College London
Garvin Heath
Garvin Heath National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Bri-Mathias Hodge
Bri-Mathias Hodge University of Colorado Boulder
Michael Milligan
Michael Milligan National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ryan Wiser
Ryan Wiser Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Erik Ela
Erik Ela Electric Power Research Institute
Wesley J. Cole
Wesley J. Cole National Renewable Energy Laboratory

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