Paul Denholm

National Renewable Energy Laboratory — United States

Engineering · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Smart Grid Energy Management(95), Integrated Energy Systems Optimization(71), Electric Power System Optimization(67), Energy and Environment Impacts(53), Microgrid Control and Optimization(38)

Publications266 total

The past, present, and future of peaking thermal power plants in the United States
iScience·2026Open Access
What can we learn from US national transmission studies?
Joule·2026
Exploring the Future Energy Value of Long-Duration Energy Storage
Energies·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
How the U.S. Power Grid Kept the Lights on in Summer 2024
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Maintaining Grid Reliability: Lessons From Renewable Integration Studies
2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Integrated multimodel analysis reveals achievable pathways toward reliable, 100% renewable electricity for Los Angeles
Cell Reports Sustainability·2024Open Access
Achieving an 80% Renewable Portfolio in Alaska's Railbelt: Cost Analysis
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
LA100 Equity Strategies
2023Open Access
LA100 Equity Strategies: Executive Summary
2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Moving Beyond 4-Hour Li-Ion Batteries: Challenges and Opportunities for Long(er)-Duration Energy Storage
2023· 27 citedOpen Access
How much might it cost to decarbonize the power sector? It depends on the metric
Energy·2023· 8 citedOpen Access
Impacts of hybridization and forecast errors on the probabilistic capacity credit of batteries
Next Energy·2023· 4 citedOpen Access
The peaking potential of long-duration energy storage in the United States power system
Journal of Energy Storage·2023· 22 cited
NREL's 100% Clean Electricity by 2035 Study
OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)·2022· 1 citedOpen Access
Challenges and opportunities in decarbonizing the U.S. energy system
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews·2022· 156 cited
Examining Supply-Side Options to Achieve 100% Clean Electricity by 2035
2022· 143 citedOpen Access
Policy-driven solar innovation and deployment remains critical for US grid decarbonization
Joule·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Getting to 100%: Six strategies for the challenging last 10%
Joule·2022· 48 citedOpen Access
Understanding Power Systems Protection in the Clean Energy Future
2022· 9 citedOpen Access
Storage Futures Study: Key Learnings for the Coming Decades
2022· 20 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Ramteen Sioshansi(11), Trieu Mai(9), Robert Margolis(7), Wesley Cole(6), Mark O’Malley(5), Mark Mehos(5), Brendan Kirby(4), Jennie Jorgenson(4), D. J. Arent(4), Benjamin Kroposki(3), Bri‐Mathias Hodge(3), Thomas Jenkin(3), Sean Ong(3), Ookie Ma(3), M. Hummon(3), Samuel F. Baldwin(3), Seyed Hossein Madaeni(3), Craig Turchi(3), Yingchen Zhang(2), Vahan Gevorgian(2)