Browsing by Subject "Solar"
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Closing the “Energy-Efficiency Gap”: An Empirical Analysis of Property Assessed Clean Energy
(2012-04-27)Until federal regulators halted operations, a handful of municipal PACE programs across the US offered property-secured loans from city or county funds to homeowners for residential clean energy investments. These loans, ... -
Electric Avenue: Two Case Studies on the Economic Feasibility of the Electrification of Transportation (Solar Charging Stations in CA & University Buses in NC)
(2010-04-30)The 2007 IPCC report solidified that global climate change is occurring due to the release of greenhouse gases (GHGs) by the anthropogenic activity of burning of fossil fuels. The effects reach beyond the realms of the ... -
Energy Storage and Solar for New Peaking Capacity in North Carolina
(2019-04-26)Solar power paired with battery energy storage is increasingly presented as an alternative to traditional natural gas combustion turbine technology for providing power during times of very high demand. This analysis uses ... -
Essays in Energy and Environmental Economics
(2019)This dissertation is comprised of three papers which examine important topics in energy and environmental economics. The first paper ("Averting expenditures and desirable goods: Consumer demand for bottled water in the presence ... -
Lessons Learned from Third-Party Solar PPA Development: Influences, Trends, and Implications for Georgia
(2016-04-28)Third-party solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) emerged in the 2000s and provided a new financing option for solar energy. Currently, third-party solar PPAs have been authorized in 25 states and DC in the U.S. and are ... -
Predictive Analysis of Global Renewable Energy and Infrastructure Growth in Developed, Developing and Emerging Markets
(2011-12-09)The most attractive markets for renewable energy investment are shifting from the developed world to emerging economies. Among the most prominent emerging economies, China, India, and Brazil have become three of the most ... -
Siting of Utility-Scale Solar in North Carolina
(2018-04-27)In 2007, North Carolina (NC) passed a Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (REPS), the first in the Southeast. The REPS mandated that 12.5% of the state’s electricity demand be met with renewable energy by 2021. 29 states, ... -
Solarizing the Island of Culebra, Puerto Rico: Rate-Design Model and Analysis
(2022-04-22)Power on the island of Puerto Rico has historically been served through a centralized generation system that has largely failed to provide reliability— ability of the grid to provide the right quantity and quality of electricity ... -
The Growth of Solar Concentrator Photovoltaic Markets in the Southwest US
(2008-04-25)Worldwide solar photovoltaic (PV) markets have grown at an average rate at 38% over the past ten years. While polysilicon flat panel PV modules have traditionally dominated the overall solar market, a range of different ...
