Coupling PV and CAES Power Plants to Transform Intermittent PV Electricity into a Dispatchable Electricity Source
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James Mason1*,y, Vasilis Fthenakis, Ken Zweibel, Tom Hansen and Thomas Nikolakakis Renewable Energy Research Institute, 52 Columbia Street, Farmingdale, NY 17735, USA Center for Life Cycle Analysis, Columbia University, and Director of PV EH&S Research Center, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA Institute for the Analysis of Solar Energy, George Washington University, 2121 I St. NW, Washington, DC 20052, USA Tucson Electric Power, P.O. Box 711, Tucson, AZ 85702, USA Center for Life Cycle Analysis, Columbia University, 2960 Broadway, New York City, NY 10027, USA
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