Author: United States. Congress Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781979990158 Category : Languages : en Pages : 282
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Ensuring and enhancing U.S. competitiveness while moving toward a clean energy economy : hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, July 16, 2009.
Author: United States. Congress Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781976100246 Category : Languages : en Pages : 282
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Ensuring and enhancing U.S. competitiveness while moving toward a clean energy economy : hearing before the Committee on Environment and Public Works, United States Senate, One Hundred Eleventh Congress, first session, July 16, 2009.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works Publisher: ISBN: Category : Clean energy industries Languages : en Pages : 0
Author: Chinese Academy of Engineering Publisher: National Academies Press ISBN: 0309160006 Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 256
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The United States and China are the world's top two energy consumers and, as of 2010, the two largest economies. Consequently, they have a decisive role to play in the world's clean energy future. Both countries are also motivated by related goals, namely diversified energy portfolios, job creation, energy security, and pollution reduction, making renewable energy development an important strategy with wide-ranging implications. Given the size of their energy markets, any substantial progress the two countries make in advancing use of renewable energy will provide global benefits, in terms of enhanced technological understanding, reduced costs through expanded deployment, and reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions relative to conventional generation from fossil fuels. Within this context, the U.S. National Academies, in collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE), reviewed renewable energy development and deployment in the two countries, to highlight prospects for collaboration across the research to deployment chain and to suggest strategies which would promote more rapid and economical attainment of renewable energy goals. Main findings and concerning renewable resource assessments, technology development, environmental impacts, market infrastructure, among others, are presented. Specific recommendations have been limited to those judged to be most likely to accelerate the pace of deployment, increase cost-competitiveness, or shape the future market for renewable energy. The recommendations presented here are also pragmatic and achievable.
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Publisher: ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 56
Author: Christopher T M Clack Publisher: Vibrant Clean Energy, LLC ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 153
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Vibrant Clean Energy (VCE®) partnered with Energy Innovations to study the potential impact of a regional transmission organization (RTO) for the Southeastern United States (SE-RTO). The modeling (using WIS:dom®-P) found that with an RTO the region could save $384 billion by 2040, create 285,000 full time jobs, reduce emissions by 37% and provide transparency in the region. The team modeled four scenarios. Importantly, the first scenario mimicked the utilities’ integrated resource plans (IRPs) and found that an increase in thermal generation exceeded requirements and inflated costs. Conversely, the SE-RTO scenario reduced the dependency on thermal generation and shifted to low-cost variable generation. One of the sensitivity scenarios studied an alternative IRP, which allowed for competitive build out and economic dispatch. This scenario produced approximately 60% of the savings of the SE-RTO. Finally, a fourth scenario determined the benefit of an SE-RTO when nuclear power plants remained online through 2040. This scenario was very slightly more expensive than the SE-RTO scenario, but had far fewer emissions. Interestingly wind power, in the modeling, became an important contribution to the electricity mix. With it increasingly providing capacity requirements for winter demand profiles. Further, the modeling found that distributed energy resources (DERs) and their co-optimization provided 10% of the system savings.
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 21
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The capital intensive nature of clean energy technologies suggests that manufacturing clean energy equipment has the potential to support state and local economic development efforts. However, manufacturing siting decisions tend to be complex and multi-variable decision processes that require in-depth knowledge of specific markets, the logistical requirements of a given technology, and insight into global clean tech trends. This presentation highlights the potential of manufacturing in supporting economic development opportunities while also providing examples of the financial considerations affecting manufacturing facility siting decisions for wind turbine blades and solar PV. The presentation also includes discussion of other more qualitative drivers of facility siting decisions as gleaned from NREL industry interviews and discusses strategies state and local policymakers may employee to bolster their chances of successfully attracting clean energy manufacturers to their localities.
Author: Varun Sivaram Publisher: ISBN: 9780578758527 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Clean energy innovation is central to the fight against climate change. To rise to this challenge, the United States should launch a National Energy Innovation Mission. Led by the president and authorized by Congress, this mission should harness the nation's unmatched innovative capabilities-at research universities, federal laboratories, and private firms (both large and small), in all regions of the country-to speed the progress of clean energy technologies. To jumpstart this mission and unlock a virtuous cycle of public and private investment, the US federal government should triple its funding for energy research, development, and demonstration (RD&D) over the next five years to $25 billion by 2025. "Energizing America" offers policymakers a strategic framework to build a growing RD&D portfolio over the next five years, detailed fundingproposals across the full spectrum of critical energy technologies, and recommendations for immediate action.
Author: Dianne Rahm Publisher: McFarland ISBN: Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 228
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"This volume explores the roles which politics, market forces and leadership play as barriers or facilitators in the development of sustainable energy sources. Beginning with an overview of energy-related programs and legislation the book discusses the various financial programs and policy mechanisms used by the states. Each essay includes an in-depth bibliography with many website resources"--Provided by publisher.
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