Introduction

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  The challenges of achieving a 100% renewable electricity system in the United States

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  Zero air pollution and zero carbon from all energy at low cost and without blackouts in variable weather throughout the U.S. with 100% wind-water-solar and storage

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  Opportunities and challenges in using particle circulation loops for concentrated solar power applications

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• KangQ. et al.
  

  Particles in a circulation loop for solar energy capture and storage

  Particuology

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  Providing large-scale electricity demand with photovoltaics and molten-salt storage

  Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev.

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• DengY. et al.
  

  Steam reforming of ethanol by non-noble metal catalysts

  Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev.

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• DengY. et al.
  

  Thermo-chemical water splitting: Selection of priority reversible redox reactions by multi-attribute decision making

  Renew. Energy

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• del RíoP. et al.
  

  An overview of drivers and barriers to concentrated solar power in the European union

  Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev.

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• FrewB. et al.
  

  Sunny with a chance of curtailment: Operating the US grid with very high levels of solar photovoltaics

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  Cost of valued energy for design of renewable energy systems

  Renew. Energy

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a

The Nancy and Stephen Grand Technion Energy Program, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel

b

The Andrew and Erna Viterbi Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel

c

Department of Software Science, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn 12618, Estonia

d

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa 3200003, Israel