100% Wind, Water, and Solar (WWS) All-Sector Energy Roadmaps for the United States

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2022 Roadmaps and grid studies to convert the 50 states + DC to 100% WWS for all purposes

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, Renewable Energy, 2022 (pdf)

News and video summaries of study (news summary)(video summary)
Spreadsheets for 2022 50-state+DC paper (xlsx)
Clickable map of state infographics for meeting continuous load (link)
Infographic summary for each state (as found in the clickable map)
(Alabama) (Alaska) (Arizona) (Arkansas) (California) (Colorado) (Connecticut) (DC) (Delaware) (Florida) (Georgia) (Hawaii) (Idaho) (Illinois) (Indiana) (Iowa) (Kansas) (Kentucky) (Louisiana) (Maine) (Maryland) (Massaschusetts) (Michigan) (Minnesota) (Mississippi) (Missouri) (Montana) (Nebraska) (Nevada) (New Hampshiree) (New Jersey) (New Mexico) (New York) (North Carolina) (North Dakota) (Ohio) (Oklahoma) (Oregon) (Pennsylvania) (Rhode Island) (South Carolina) (South Dakota) (Tennessee) (Texas) (Utah) (Vermont) (Virginia) (Washington State) (West Virginia) (Wisconsin) (Wyoming) (CONUS) (50 states+DC)


2015 Roadmaps and grid study to convert the 50 states to 100% WWS for all purposes

50-state 100% WWS roadmap paper (Energy and Environmental Sciences, 2015) (pdf)
48-state U.S. grid stability with 100% WWS paper (PNAS, 2015) (pdf)
50-state xlsx-spreadsheets (xlsx)
State-by-state infographics (link)
National Geographic article/graphics (link)
Powerpoint-WWS-map (pptx)
Frequently-asked questions (link)
Op-ed about land areas (link)

Roadmaps to convert New York, California, Washington State individually to 100% WWS

New York State (Energy Policy, 2013) (pdf). Response to commentary (pdf). Letter (pdf)
California (Energy, 2014) (pdf)(xlsx-spreadsheets)(news summary)
Washington State (Renewable Energy, 2016) (pdf)(xlsx-spreadsheets)

Book: 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything (link)

2022 Roadmaps to transition 145 countries to 100% WWS for all purposes (link)

2019 and 2017/2018 Roadmaps to transition 143 and 139 countries to 100% WWS for all purposes (link)

2020 and 2018 Roadmaps to transition metropolitan areas and cities to 100% WWS for all purposes (link)

2009 and 2011 Roadmaps for the world and U.S. as a whole to go to 100% WWS (link)

2008 Paper justifying the use of 100% Wind, Water, and Sunlight (WWS) (link)

More grid integration studies showing 100% reliability of 100% WWS in the U.S. and Worldwide (link)

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