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Browsing by Subject "renewable energy"
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A Roadmap to the New Rural Electric Cooperative Business Model
(2017-04-27)In North Carolina today, rural electric cooperatives provide electricity to 26% of the state’s population. Conducted for the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), this project aims to assess the services that these cooperatives ... -
AN ANALYSIS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, AND CARBON OFFSETS AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
(2015-04-24)Many universities globally are embarking on voluntary efforts to become climate neutral to combat global warming. In 2007, Duke University adopted a goal to be climate neutral by 2024. The Office of the Executive Vice President ... -
Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment Modeling Approaches for Transboundary Energy Feedstocks
(2016)The rise of the twenty-first century has seen the further increase in the industrialization of Earth’s resources, as society aims to meet the needs of a growing population while still protecting our environmental and natural ... -
Ecology of the desert kit fox (Vulpes macrotis arsipus) in Chuckwalla Valley, California
(2014-04-25)The desert kit fox (Vulpes macrotis arsipus) is an uncommon to rare inhabitant of the Mojave and Colorado deserts in California. This previously low-key subspecies is now being threatened by a suite of direct and indirect ... -
Energy Storage in Deregulated Market Structures
(2009-12-04)Wind energy is able to provide electricity with a minimal environmental footprint and is therefore anticipated to play a much larger role in future electricity generation. Although wind is able to provide electricity with ... -
Estimating the Social and Economic Impacts from Renewable Energy Developments in Emerging Energy Markets
(2020-04-24)It is both well-understood and well-documented that household-level energy access introduces numerous social and economic benefits, including financial savings from fuel switching, increased study time for students, and ... -
EVALUATING THE ECONOMICS OF SMALL WIND POWER IN NORTH CAROLINA
(2010-04-30)“Small wind” is defined as wind-powered electric generators with rated capacities of 100 kilowatts (kW) or less. Compared with utility-scale wind systems, small wind enjoys many economic and social advantages including reducing ... -
Financing Renewable Energy in Cuba
(2018-04-27)Cuba’s 2014 commitment to generate 24% of the country’s electricity from renewable sources by 2030 presents a unique opportunity to explore how an island nation can decarbonize its power system. To successfully increase ... -
Financing the Green Hydrogen Economy
(2023-04-28)Hydrogen is expected to play a critical role in the decarbonization of the global energy system, as the IEA projects that in order to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, low-carbon hydrogen use will need to grow six times ... -
Microfibrous and Nanofibrous Materials for Cartilage Repair and Energy Storage
(2020)This thesis explores the application of nanofibrous and microfibrous materials in the fields of cartilage repair and water electrolysis. Articular cartilage lesions have a limited intrinsic ability to heal and are associated ... -
Model the Hidden Cost of China’s 2060 Carbon Neutrality: Potential Biodiversity Impacts of Wind and Solar Energy Expansion
(2023-05-04)Large-scale renewable energy deployments, as urgent solutions to mitigate climate change and its consequences, are reshaping the landscape in the human-environment nexus. Albeit promoted as pathways to bend the curve of ... -
Nags Head Electric Vehicle Action Plan
(2022-04-22)The number of electric vehicles (EVs) on the road in the United States is growing at a steady rate. More electric cars will necessitate more electric car chargers, both in public spaces and in private homes and rental properties. ... -
Politics and Solar Energy: Getting Beyond the Economics of Solar Deployment
(2019-12-06)Solar energy is the fastest-growing source of energy in America by deployment. For states, the benefits of solar energy include reaching ambitious renewable energy goals, lowering the costs of electricity generation, reducing ... -
Solar PV Financing: Legal Challenges to the Third-Party Ownership Model
(2008-12-03)The third-party ownership PPA as a financing mechanism for solar PV has been increasing rapidly over the last few years. Its ability to dramatically lower or remove upfront costs has made it a popular way to obtain a solar ... -
Strategic Analysis of the Downstream Component of the US Photovoltaic (PV) Value Chain
(2008-04-25)With the commercial and financial success of wind energy, investors are asking: What will be the next successful low carbon energy technology? Despite the current diminutive size of the market, a vast majority of this speculation ... -
Sustainable Energy & Technology (Global Energy Access Network Case Studies)
This is the second volume of energy access case studies compiled by the Global Energy Access Network. The idea to assemble these case studies was conceived during our inaugural year (2016-17), when we noticed that many student ... -
Sustainable Patterson
(2015-04-21)The Patterson School Foundation is a nonprofit organization located in Happy Valley, North Carolina. Originally, the Patterson School Foundation operated as a teaching school and farm However, they were forced to discontinue ... -
Tailoring renewable portfolio standards to achieve disparate economic and environmental goals
(2008-12-05)Within the United States, Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) programs have become a popular public policy initiative for states to enact in order to encourage the use of renewable resources for meeting state energy demand. ... -
The Impact of Electricity Storage on Energy Sector Emissions
(2011-04-29)The composition of the U.S. electrical power system reflects competing objectives, as investments are driven by ratepayers who demand access to electricity that is both low cost and reliable. Maintaining generation ready ...
