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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...