… Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), using Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to track and commoditize renewable energy generation, have made significant contributions to renewable energy deployment. A truly clean electricity grid, however, will need to rely on zero-carbon energy throughout the day … outcomes. These proposals tend to fragment markets, resulting in poor economic efficiency. Meanwhile, proposals to make renewable energy subsidy markets more robust result …
… Solar photovoltaic panels are an increasingly competitive player in the energy market as the technology improves and the prices drop. The challenge of widespread … are most conducive to solar adoption. This project is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO). Solar Energy Evolution and Diffusion Studies (SEEDS) … …
… (RTT), especially heat pumps paired with solar, have the potential to dramatically decrease energy consumption and by extension energy emissions. Using information from the Residential … there, we investigated how much air-source heat pumps and ground-source heat pumps could lower both electricity and natural gas consumption and carbon emissions. Then, we … increasing the adoption of these technologies by increasing awareness and expanding energyefficiency programs. We believe that existing efficiency programs can be an effective …
… present value of net benefits of wind farm investment. This research model offers the following advantages: a) the ability to evaluate the benefit of expenditure on maintenance … model, strategies were proposed based on component reliability and its contribution to the energy generation loss in kilowatt-hours given the component failure. These four maintenance … and quantifying the adverse environmental impacts. Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr CleanEnergy Making Wind Power Competitive Using Risk-Informed and Performance-Based …
… This project involved the collection of two energy generation datasets: the hourly wind output profiles and the hourly electricity load … master’s student to help create a set of scenarios of future capital and variable costs associated with different electricity generating technologies. To create these … are discussed in the context of government policies designed to promote renewable energy. CleanEnergy The Impact of Government Policies on the Mix of Intermittent & Dispatchable …
… Five Yale students designed an off-grid renewable energy system for a meat processing plant in Montana. The plant’s nonprofit owner sought to … recommended a hybrid solar-wind-storage system, plus a backup gas generator, to optimize cost and reliability. Key Points Large commercial and small industrial operations can utilize 100% renewable hybrid configurations to self-generate clean power while maintaining reliability. Businesses can benefit from consultants with …
… This project explores the mechanisms that allow actors in different settings to coordinate and create the institutions required to sustain a new market. What is interesting about renewable energy in general and offshore wind in particular is that, across settings, the issues that … Enterprise and renewable energy. Photo from Tobias von der Haar/flickr Equity and Justice CleanEnergy Environmental Innovation Institutional Entrepreneurship and Renewable Energy in …