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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Renewable Portfolio Standards"”.
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Path Dependence in Colorado's Renewable Portfolio Standards
Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) have been a staple energy policy in the state of Colorado since 2004. While there has been a steady increase to the RPS percentages over the years, there have been several points where this policy has been significantly contested. This paper explores the …
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Adoption of Renewable Portfolio Standards in the United States: Which Factors Matter?
… the generation of electricity through the use of renewable energy. In brief, the RPS is a policy mechanism that requires suppliers of electricity to provide a specific percentage of their energy supply from some form of renewable energy. Such a percentage is referred to as the RPS ultimate target. …
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Did State Renewable Portfolio Standards Induce Technical Change In Methane Mitigation in the U.S. Landfill Sector?
… and Federal policies related to landfill gas, renewable energy, and air pollution, as well as control data on landfill characteristics, I estimate the influence and direction of influence of renewable portfolio standards (RPS). The analysis found that RPS positively influences the diffusion of …
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Analysis of Solar Community Energy Storage for Supporting Hawaii's 100% Renewable Energy Goals
… PV generation has become an integral part of the renewable energy industry. With state-level, renewable portfolio standards in place, solar power demand has substantially increased and become a competitive and economically viable energy solution throughout the world. Hawaii has one of the most …
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Air quality co-benefits of renewable energy policy in the U.S.
… in transitioning electricity systems toward renewable energy sources and in mitigating harmful air pollution, the extent to which sub-national renewable energy policies in the U.S. can improve air quality and human health remains unclear. This thesis develops a systemic modeling framework to …
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Assessing the effectiveness of renewable-specific policies on global renewable capacities
… production of electricity capacity from renewables within their borders. While early policy adopters were mostly developed countries, the number of developing countries adopting renewable-specific policies has expanded dramatically in the past decade. Given that the increase in future …
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Quantifying avoided emissions from renewable generation
Quantifying the reduced emissions due to renewable power integration and providing increasingly accurate emissions analysis has become more important for policy makers in the age of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and emerging carbon markets. This study focuses on the method of quantifying the …
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Studying the Impact of Solar Photovoltaic on Transient Stability of Power Systems using Direct Methods
The increasing penetration of inverter based renewable generation in the form of solar photo-voltaic (PV) or wind has introduced numerous operational challenges and uncertainties. Among these challenges, one of the major ones is the impact on the transient stability of the grid. On the other hand, …
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Running in place : renewal portfolio standards and climate change
Renewable portfolio standards ("RPS") have spread widely as states have made an effort to promote electricity production from renewable energy sources, granting privileged market access to eligible technologies and resources. One prominent public policy objective driving their rapid adoption and …
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Electricity Markets Price Risk, Pollution, and Policies
… environmental impacts that can be attributed to renewable portfolio standards. Renewable portfolio standards (RPS) have been adopted by the majority of states in the U.S. to encourage electricity from renewable sources. Previous studies omit an analysis of local and regional pollutants, so this …
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Essays on the economics of renewable energy
… three questions related to the economics of renewable energy. Chapter 1 studies learning-by-doing during the generation process at wind and solar farms in the United States. While this phenomenon is often cited as a rationale for subsidizing renewable electricity, there is relatively little …
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Utility Scale Solar Electric (USSE) and land use implications of meeting 2030 Renewable Energy Goals for California and Nevada in the Mojave Desert
In order to meet their own Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) Requirements for 2030, California and Nevada will need to significantly boost their production (and consumption) of renewable energy facilities if they are to reach their goals of 60% and 50%, respectively. In order to meet these goals …
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Policy innovation and change: the diffusion and modification of the renewable portfolio standard, 1994 – 2014
… federal government has not enacted a national renewable energy policy. Inertia at this level of government creates a policy space that allows American states to take the lead. State policy drives clean energy development. By the fall of 2014, every state in the nation had adopted at least one …
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Solar Forecasting and Integration in Power Systems
<p>Renewable energy resources are becoming critical players in the electricity generation sector, primarily due to viability in combating global warming, effectiveness in reducing pollution caused by fossil fuel based generation, and diversifying energy mix to ensure energy security and …
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Modeling and Implementation of the U.S. Hydrogen Production Tax Credit
… For instance, if a region has a relatively high renewable portfolio standards (RPSs) to enable grid decarbonization, we show that less stringent (and therefore less costly) time-matching requirements are sufficient to avoid any increases in system-level emissions. Building on this analysis, we …
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Three essays on energy economics: Policy options and evaluation
… emissions from energy production and to promote renewable energy. It also explains key factors that determine both the magnitude and the direction of each policy's effects on various economic and environmental outcomes. It consists of three chapters with studies in the context of both developed …
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The welfare cost and greenhouse gas emissions effects of sector-specific energy policies
… of a patchwork of technology and performance standards implemented in different economic sectors and at different levels of government, rather than a more efficient economy-wide carbon tax or cap-and-trade policy. This is evidenced by policies such as state-level Renewable Portfolio Standards …
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Decarbonization of power systems : analyzing different technological pathways
… their demand profiles and in the availability of renewable resources. Cost estimates developed by the International Energy Agency and the Nuclear Energy Agency for 2020 are used as input parameters for the analysis. Uncertainty in cost estimates is addressed by a comprehensive sensitivity analysis …