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Environmental Implications Of Consumer Preferences And Policy Incentives For Plug-In Vehicles In China And The U.S., John Helveston
Environmental Implications Of Consumer Preferences And Policy Incentives For Plug-In Vehicles In China And The U.S., John Helveston
Link Foundation Energy Fellowship Reports
China’s State Council has linked this vision to its economic development plans, which emphasize industrial upgrading to higher technologies and higher value added roles in global production chains (Howell et al., 2014; State Council, 2012). Given this context, this project comprises the last two of my three-paper Ph.D. thesis, which assesses how characteristics of China’s domestic environment, including consumer preferences, national and local institutions, market characteristics, and policies, are associated with the development and adoption of PEVs in China.
Measuring And Modeling The Effects Of Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy On Microgrid Operational Performance And Community Welfare In Haiti, Daniel Andrew Krest Schnitzer
Measuring And Modeling The Effects Of Energy Efficiency And Renewable Energy On Microgrid Operational Performance And Community Welfare In Haiti, Daniel Andrew Krest Schnitzer
Link Foundation Energy Fellowship Reports
While central grid extension often provides electricity at very low cost, the reliability of the central grid in less developed countries is so low that the priority given by policy makers to central grid extension must be questioned. Rather than maximizing the extent of often unreliable or simply unenergized central grid extensions, we sought to show the imperative to consider a multi-track approach to electricity access that includes microgrids and high quality solar lighting products. Through case studies and modeling efforts based on extensive empirical data, this research provides new insight to this imperative and elucidates on the nature of …
Link Foundation 2008‐2010 Energy Fellowship Report, Vanessa Schweizer
Link Foundation 2008‐2010 Energy Fellowship Report, Vanessa Schweizer
Link Foundation Energy Fellowship Reports
I completed my PhD in Engineering and Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University in May of 2010. My dissertation, entitled Developing Useful Long-term Energy Projections in the Face of Climate Change, seeks to identify methods that may calibrate expert judgments for anticipating long--‐term outcomes for energy demand and related greenhouse gas emissions that may not be obvious. The motivation for this research is to move beyond the false dichotomy that currently exists in traditional scenario analysis regarding questions of likelihood. Scenario exercises that aim to explore multiple visions of the future insist that judgments about the likelihood of each alternative …
Link Foundation Fellowship Report, Elisabeth A. Gilmore
Link Foundation Fellowship Report, Elisabeth A. Gilmore
Link Foundation Energy Fellowship Reports
Peak hour electricity demand is associated with wholesale electricity prices that are sometimes more than 10 times higher than in off-peak periods. During these high-demand periods congested transmission lines and insufficient generation capacity can lead to brownouts and blackouts. This problem can be especially acute in urban centers. One way to alleviate this problem is to build new peaking plants. We investigated the costs and benefits, including expenditures and adverse health effects, of using existing backup generators and battery based electrical storage facilities to meet peak load demands rather than investing in a new power plant. Using small-scale generation located …