July 2019 - CEEPR CEEPR

Parliamentary Secretary Mike Bernier summarizes British Columbia’s positive experience with its revenue-neutral carbon tax

Spatial and Temporal Variation in the Value of Solar Power across U.S. Electricity Markets

Posted on July 15th, 2019 by tagadmin

Researchers combine electricity prices, emissions rates, and weather data to map the changing value of PV at ~10,000 locations across the US. Cost declines are found to have outrun value declines, such that the energy, capacity, health, and climate benefits of PV outweigh utility-scale PV costs at the majority of locations modeled.

Decentralized Economic Dispatch for Radial Electric Distribution Systems

Posted on July 1st, 2019 by tagadmin

Innovative methods for dispatching power at the residential level must be explored as more DERs are entering the market. This CEEPR Working Paper explains how power dispatching works today, and introduces an alternative, decentralized method that accounts for DERs such as rooftop solar and electric vehicles.

MITEI awards seven Seed Fund grants for early-stage energy research

Posted on July 1st, 2019 by tagadmin

Namrata Kala and Christopher Knittel plan to examine key policy levers for meeting electricity demand and renewable energy growth without jeopardizing system reliability in the developing world.