New transmission approaches can cut billions in decarbonization costs: MIT, clean energy coalition
Dive Brief: A December study by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology concludes the United States can fully decarbonize its power sector through the use of existing technologies — and that tackling decarbonization through a federal policy framework, rather than individual states setting clean energy goals, can help to significantly lower the costs. The research found that interstate coordination and an expansion of the nation's transmission system could lower the cost of fully decarbonizing the electrical grid by 2040 by 46%, relative to an approach where states pursue...
Source: utilitydive.com