California Grid Electrical Energy Storage Requirements for Select Renewables Integration and Fleet Electrification Scenarios [supporting dataset]

Significant electrification of the transportation sector is necessary for the State to achieve several important greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction and renewable energy targets. The State’s electricity generation and transmission capabilities must increase in order to meet the demand generated by increasing levels of fleet electrification. The increased demand, combined with the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) targets will require significantly increased energy storage capabilities that can accommodate demand while integrating renewable power sources into the grid. This project evaluated the mid to long-term energy storage needs of the electric grid for select fleet electrification scenarios. The analysis was conducted using Resolve, a power systems planning model, for RPS targets of 60% and 80% by 2030 and 2042 respectively. The results show that Electrical Energy Storage (EES) capacity requirements depend on a number of parameters, including Demand Response (DR), Electric Vehicle (EV) charging flexibility, and total EV population. The EES requirements for the 60% RPS scenarios range from 3.9 to 4.3 GW while for the 80% RPS scenarios, the range is from 18.5 to 20.4 GW.

• Record URL:
  https://doi.org/10.7922/G2V40SG7
• Dataset URL:
  https://doi.org/10.6086/D1667N
• Dataset URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56801
• Record URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/56108
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract number; Caltrans 65A0686 Task Order 017. The dataset supports report: Electric Fleet Adoption Strategies –Addressing Storage and Infrastructure Needs, available at the URL above. This document was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation, University Transportation Centers Program.
• Corporate Authors:

  University of California, Riverside

  College of Engineering, Center for Environmental Research and Technology
  1084 Columbia Avenue
  Riverside, CA  United States  92507

  National Center for Sustainable Transportation

  One Shields Avenue
  Davis, CA  United States  95616

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590

  California Department of Transportation

  Division of Research and Innovation and System Information, MS-83
  1727 30th Street
  Sacramento, CA  United States  95816
• Authors:
  • Raju, Arun S K
  • 0000-0001-8599-1664
  • Vu, Alexander
• Publication Date: 2020-7-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Dataset

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Data; Demand; Electric power generation and transmission; Electric vehicles; Energy storage systems; Grids (Transmission lines); Renewable energy sources; Vehicle fleets
• Geographic Terms: California
• Subject Areas: Energy; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01776288
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: USDOT Grant 69A3551747114
• Files: UTC, NTL, TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jul 8 2021 4:31PM