Matching demand with supply at low cost in 139 countries among 20 world regions with 100% intermittent wind, water, and sunlight (WWS) for all purposes

This study was hailed as a Roadmap to 100% Renewable Energy by Steve Hanley.  Key findings: “there is no technical or economic barrier to transitioning the entire world to 100 percent clean renewable energy with a stable electric grid at low cost (Jacobson).”  This is important because it addresses a common claim by critics that renewables are unreliable and intermittent, a problem the authors say is solvable in multiple ways.

Mark Z. Jacobson, Mark A. Delucchi, Mary A. Cameron, Brian V. Mathiesen, “Matching demand with supply at low cost in 139 countries among 20 world regions with 100% intermittent wind, water, and sunlight (WWS) for all purposes” Renewable Energy, Volume 123, 2018, Pages 236-248, ISSN 0960-1481.