Grid 2020: Towards a Policy of Renewable and Distributed Energy Resources

Caltech’s Resnick Sustainability Institute fosters transformational advances in energy science and technology through research, education and communication. Through its activities, the Institute strives to identify and address the most important outstanding challenges and issues in the generation, storage, transmission, conversion and conservation of energy. To this end, the Institute provides leadership in brokering discussions on energy and sustainability issues among panels of international experts in government, academia, and industry. As part of its outreach, the Institute issues summary reports documenting these compelling events. The Resnick Institute is solely responsible for the content of this report. The views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of participants in these discussions. This report has been independently prepared by the Resnick Institute to support our efforts to communicate critical energy issues to a broad range of stakeholders. We would like to thank the experts who contributed time and information for their willingness to engage in the candid discussions and debate that informed this report.