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Paul Denholm

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Paul Denholm is a member of the Energy Forecasting and Modeling Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center.

Senior Analyst
On staff since October 2004
Phone number: (303) 384-7488
E-mail: paul.denholm@nrel.gov

Analysis expertise

  • Modeling of electric power systems, including interaction of renewable and conventional energy technologies
  • Environmental life-cycle analysis
  • Analysis of energy storage systems utilized with conventional and renewable generation

Primary research interests

  • Effects of large-scale renewable energy deployment in electric power systems
  • Renewable energy enabling technologies including energy storage and long distance transmission

Education and background training

  • B.S. in physics, 1993, James Madison University
  • M.S. in instrumentation physics, 1995, University of Utah
  • Ph.D. in land resources/energy analysis and policy, 2004, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Prior work experience

  • Electrical engineer, Bardac Drives Corporation (1995-1999)

Selected publications

Denholm, P., M. Hand, M. Jackson, and S. Ong. (2009). "Land Use Requirements of Modern Wind Power Plants in the United States." NREL Report No. TP-6A2-45834.

Denholm, P., R. M. Margolis and J. Milford. (2009). "Quantifying Avoided Fuel Use and Emissions from Photovoltaic Generation in the Western United States." Environmental Science and Technology. 43, 226-232.

Denholm, P., and R. M. Margolis. (2008). "Land Use Requirements and the Per-Capita Solar Footprint for Photovoltaic Generation in the United States." Energy Policy. 36, 3531-3543.

Denholm, P., and R. M. Margolis. (2007). "Evaluating the Limits of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) in Electric Power Systems Utilizing Energy Storage and Other Enabling Technologies." Energy Policy. 35, 4424-4433.

Denholm, Paul, and R.M. Margolis. (2007). "Evaluating the Limits of Solar Photovoltaics (PV) in Traditional Electric Power Systems." Energy Policy. 35, 2852-2861.

Denholm, Paul. (2006). "Improving the Technical, Environmental, and Social Performance of Wind Energy Systems Using Biomass-Based Energy Storage." Renewable Energy. 31, 1355-1370.

Full list of Paul Denholm publications (NREL)

 

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