The Curtailment Paradox
This video was produced when the laboratory operated as the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). The laboratory is now the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR). An NREL study revealed a counterintuitive relationship between power system flexibility options and curtailment in futures with high levels of solar deployment. In this webinar, NREL analyst Bethany Frew describes the relationship, dubbed the “curtailment paradox,” highlighting the very nuanced nature of flexibility and its impact on the amount of curtailed solar energy.