Your skepticism noted and appreciated, Matt. An independent panel of 21 recognized international experts:

Christopher T. M. Clack, Staffan A. Qvist, Jay Apt, Morgan Bazilian, Adam R. Brandt, Ken Caldeira, Steven J. Davis, Victor Diakov, Mark A. Handschy, Paul D. H. Hines, Paulina Jaramillo, Daniel M. Kammen, Jane C. S. Long, M. Granger Morgan, Adam Reed, Varun Sivaram, James Sweeney, George R. Tynan, David G. Victor, John P. Weyant, aand Jay F. Whitacre,
 

which represent the following independent institutions:
 

Earth System Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Boulder, CO 80305

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305

Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 752 37 Uppsala, Sweden

Department of Engineering and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA15213

Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Center for Global Energy Policy, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027

Department of Energy Resources Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305

Department of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, CA 94305

Department of Earth System Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697

Omni Optimum, Evergreen, CO 80437

Enduring Energy, LLC, Boulder, CO 80303

Electrical Engineering and Complex Systems Center, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT05405

Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720

Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA94720-3050

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80305

Council on Foreign Relations, New York, NY 10065

Precourt Energy Efficiency Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4206

Management Science and Engineering Department, Huang Engineering Center, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Jacobs School of Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093

School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA92093

Brookings Institution, Washington, DC 20036

and authored "Evaluation of a proposal for reliable low-cost grid power with 100% wind, water, and solar", would lay NREL's junk science to waste.