@article{iiasa14529, volume = {64}, month = {May}, title = {Assessment of wind and solar power in global low-carbon energy scenarios: An introduction}, publisher = {Elsevier}, journal = {Energy Economics}, doi = {10.1016/j.eneco.2017.03.027}, pages = {542--551}, year = {2017}, keywords = {Variable Renewable Energy; Wind and Solar Power; Electricity Supply; Climate Change Mitigation; Integrated Assessment Modeling; System Integration Challenges}, url = {https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/id/eprint/14529/}, issn = {0140-9883}, abstract = {This preface introduces the special section on the assessment of wind and solar in global low-carbon energy scenarios. The special section documents the results of a coordinated research effort to improve the representation of variable renewable energies (VRE), including wind and solar power, in Integrated Assessment Models (IAM) and presents an overview of the results obtained in the underlying coordinated model inter-comparison exercise.}, author = {Luderer, G. and Pietzcker, R. C. and Carrara, S. and de Boer, H.-S. and Fujimori, S. and Johnson, N. and Mima, S. and Arent, D.} }