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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Renewable energy policy"”.
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Power politics : renewable energy policy change in US states
… change requires societies to transition towards renewable energy resources. In the United States, most states have passed renewables portfolio standards (RPS), creating goals for electricity's share of renewables, and instituted net energy metering (NEM) policies, compensating individuals and …
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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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Policy Learning and the Development of Renewable Energy Policy in the United Kingdom
Despite the UK’s abundance of renewable energy sources and the imperative for renewable energy to make a significant contribution to addressing the problems of climate change and fossil-fuel dependency, renewable energy capacity in the UK has developed slowly compared with some other EU states. The …
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Federal and state renewable energy policy: lessons from the late 1970's and early 1980's
… and early 1980's, this paper examines various policy alternatives that government could implement in promoting renewable energy. The paper assumes that government has an interest in promoting renewables. Therefore, it makes no attempt to advocate why federal or state governments should promote …
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Sustainable Renewable Energy Policy on Energy Indicators, Electric Power and Renewable Energy Supply Chains. A study of renewable energy policies, energy indicators and electrical power distribution
… coupled with the depletion of the traditional energy resources, many initiatives globally have addressed the efficient use of these resources. Since then, several renewable energy sources have been introduced as alternatives to traditional resources to protect environmental resources and to …
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Fostering the delivery of wind power: an evaluation of the performance of policy instruments in three European Union member states.
Worldwide energy policies are built on three pillars: cost competitiveness, security of energy supply, and environmental responsibility. This has brought about the integration of renewable energy sources into national systems with the deployment of policy instruments to make renewable energy …
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Photovoltaic Systems, the experience curve, and learning by doing : who is learning and what are they doing?
… will be important if we are to preempt a renewable energy "bubble." I begin by providing a brief history of photovoltaic technology and policies that have supported end photovoltaic end markets. Next, I examine the use of experience curves for photovoltaic technology, finding numerous …
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Impact of European Emissions Trading System (EU-ETS) on carbon emissions and investment decisions in the power sector
… using empirical data. Furthermore, related policy domains such as the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) and Renewable energy policy are assessed and sector-wide carbon abatement estimates are reconciled between fuel switching and emissions displacement from renewables.
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Development of a hybrid solar photovoltaic and heat pump system for domestic heating and electricity generation
… photovoltaic thermal panels that convert solar energy to heat and electricity with a water-to-water heat pump. This allows for the generation of heat and electricity on the domestic level from sunlight. The technical feasibility of the system is examined through experimental and mathematical …
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Leveraging Policy for Renewable Energy Development in Industrialized Countries and Emerging Markets
Renewable energy has the ability to play a dominate role in addressing both rising energy demand and the need for sustainable growth. Various policy measures and incentives have aided its growth in both developed and developing countries. This dissertation analyzes existing policies and financial …
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Promoting renewable energy in South Africa through the inclusion of market-based instruments in South Africa's legal and policy framework with particular reference to the feed-in tariff
… that the use of fossil fuels to generate energy since the Industrial Revolution has been a significant factor fuelling the emission of greenhouse gases and the consequent increase in global temperatures. Due to continuing economic growth, greenhouse gas emissions show no signs of abating. …
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Sub-federal ecological modernization: a case study of Colorado's new energy economy
… of industrial or ecological modernization policy. This thesis uses the Colorado case to highlight the importance of sub-federal institutions in addressing environmental and economic challenges in the US and explore its similarities to, and differences from, European approaches. To achieve …
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Harmonic reduction of a single-phase multilevel inverter using genetic algorithm and particle swarm optimization
… inverter is high focused due to the rise of renewable energy policy all around the world. Hence, this research emphasis on identify best topology of multilevel inverter and optimize it among the diode-clamped, capacitor clamped and cascaded H-bridge multilevel inverter to be used for …
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An economic valuation of solar energy potential in Nigeria
… access. Many initiatives promote solar energy development to mitigate Nigeria's power challenges. This work shows an economic valuation of the solar photovoltaic (PV) potential in Nigeria. Assuming a 100 megawatts (MW) capacity upgrade, this paper compares distributed residential-scale …
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NUMSA's Socially Owned Renewable Energy Proposal (2012) in Response to the Green Economy Discourse: A Critical Discourse Analysis
… of their proposal on ‘Building a Socially Owned Renewable Energy Sector in SA'. This proposal was primarily in response to the South African government's 2010 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) which set out a twenty-year plan to increase South Africa's renewable energy sources through public-private …
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Energy & the built environment : assessing renewable energy planning in Burlington, Vermont
… the physical isolation between the sites of energy consumption, and sites of energy production. Rapid population growth and urbanization following this period gave rise, in the 20 th century, to concerns around the impact of humans on the environment. These concerns precipitated an increased …
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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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Multicriteria Decision Method for Renewable Energy Production: Siting Solar, Wind and SHP Plants in Zimbabwe
Energy plays an enormous role in economic growth, progress, and development. The energy development in Zimbabwe has not been coincident with the rising demand of energy, placing a large strain on existing resources. Most of the energy is powered by coal-fired stations that now require major …
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Use and management of energy resources from Water, Energy, and Food (WEF) nexus perspective: The case of Vhembe District Municipality (VDM), Limpopo Province
Water, Energy, and Food (WEF) are necessity resources required by human beings for sustenance, social, and economic development. Energy is at the centre of the WEF nexus due to its dual role as a driver of economic activity and the largest contributor to global warming and climate change risks. In …
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Renewable Energy: The Roles of States, Social Movements, and Policy in California and Germany
This project examines the development of renewable policy in California and Germany through the theoretical lens provided by John Dryzek's democratic theory of social movement engagement with the liberal democratic nation-state. Specifically, this thesis considers the impact of social movements on …
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