The 10 Great Challenges Facing Variable Renewable Energy
• Challenge 1: Value declines
• Challenge 2: Wide Spatial Variability Poorly Correlated With Demand
• Challenge 3: Public Resistance
• Challenge 4: System Complexity
• Challenge 5: The Need to Electrify Everything
• Challenge 6: Material Intensity and Waste
• Challenge 7: Supply Chain Inefficiencies
• Challenge 8: Scale-Down Costs of the Old Economy
• Challenge 9: A Massive Commitment (or Gamble?)
• Challenge 10: Competition With Economic Upliftment