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DESCRIPTION:Talks by MIT speaker John Reilly and CEA speaker Jim Burpee  'P
 rospects and Challenges for High Penetration of Renewable Energy'\, John R
 eilly\, MIT    Renewables electricity sources are a seemingly attractive l
 ow-carbon option to substitute for coal or gas generation.  Regional avail
 ability of high quality wind and solar resources varies\, but at least in 
 the United States\, most regions have significant resources.  Expanding th
 e options to biomass\, hydroelectricity\, and geothermal creates greater o
 pportunities.  A recent NREL led study concluded that high penetration ren
 ewable scenarios were technically feasible\, and while the cost of electri
 city was higher than today it was not out of line with other estimates the
  electricity price impacts of reducing US carbon emissions.  The cost per 
 MWhr of installed capacity of wind and solar have come down substantially 
 in recent years\, and further reductions are foreseen.  The bigger challen
 ge with intermittent renewables is matching an intermittent and uncertain 
 supply with load.  to some extent the supply of solar and wind vary in com
 plementary ways\, biomass\, hydro\, and geothermal offer the possibility a
 ltering dispatch\, and options exist for energy storage.  Further grid int
 egration and additional transmission can also play a role one evening out 
 supply and demand by taking advantage of geographic anti-correlation. Whil
 e those options were all considered\, back-up fossil generation capacity a
 lso played a substantial role.  The study addressed grid integration issue
 s while highlighting the need for further investigation of the details of 
 grid management with dispersed and variable renewable resources.      'Vis
 ion 2050: The Future of Canada's Electricity System'\, Jim Burpee\, Presid
 ent and CEO\, Canadian Electricity Association    By 2050\, the majority o
 f nuclear and fossil fueled (coal\, oil\, gas) generating stations operati
 ng today will be life expired.  There are a number of academic and other g
 roups doing studies that suggest what the generation mix in 2050 could loo
 k like\, but few describe what will make those potential futures a reality
 .  CEA's Vision 2050\, rather than predicting the future\, discusses the k
 ey factors that will shape the future and makes recommendations on how to 
 achieve a path to a lower carbon economy in North America\, while balancin
 g reliability\, affordability and sustainability.  While 2050 may seem lik
 e a long way off into the future\, the reality is that decisions made in t
 he next 10 to 15 years will determine what our electricity system will loo
 k like in 2050.        Event hosts  These two talks are brought to you by 
 the Trottier Institute for Sustainability in Engineering and Design (TISED
 ) at ɬÀï·¬ and the Institut de l’énergie Trottier (IET) at Pol
 ytechnique Montréal.  Event Poster      Please vist TISED website to get m
 ore information about this joint event and about the speakers. 
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LOCATION:Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5\, 853 rue Sherbrooke 
 Ouest
SUMMARY:Can renewables become the dominant source of electricity in Canada 
 and the USA? 
URL:/scsd/channels/event/can-renewables-become-dominan
 t-source-electricity-canada-and-usa-238767
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