20% Wind by 2030
Full Title: 20% Wind by 2030: Increasing Wind Energy's Contribution to U.S. Electricity Supply
Author(s): n/a
Publisher(s): USDOE EREE
Publication Date: 7/2008
Identifier(s): DOE/GO-102008-2567
Language: English
Length: 248 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
This report examines...
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Tagged Electricity, EREE, LBNL, US DOE, Wind, Wind Energy |
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2008 Wind Technologies Market Report
Full Title: 2008 Wind Technologies Market Report
Author(s): R. Wiser, M. Bolinger, et al.
Publisher(s): USDOE EREE
Publication Date: 7/2009
Identifier(s): DOE/GO-102009-2868
Language: English
Length: 68 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
The U.S. wind industry experienced...
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Tagged Bolinger, EREE, US DOE, Wind, Wind Energy, Wiser |
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2009 Renewable Energy Data Book
Full Title: 2009 Renewable Energy Data Book
Author(s): R. Gelman, et al.
Publisher(s): USDOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Publication Date: 8/2010
Identifier(s): DOE/GO-102010-3074
Language: English
Length: 132 pages, PDF
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Description:
Trends and Key Findings on Renewable Energy Consumption and...
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Tagged Electricity, energy consumption, EREE, Gelman, Renewables, US DOE |
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2009 Wind Technologies Market Report
Full Title: 2009 Wind Technologies Market Report
Author(s): R. Wiser, M. Bolinger, et al.
Publisher(s): USDOE Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy
Publication Date: 8/2010
Identifier(s): DOE/GO-102010-3107
Language: English
Length: 88 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
This report – the fourth in...
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Tagged Bolinger, EREE, R&D, Transmission, US DOE, Wind Energy, Wiser |
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A Business Plan for America’s Energy Future
Note: Synopsis based on OurEnergyPolicy.org review of report's executive summary. Synopsis intended solely for purposes of generating discussion.
A Business Plan for America's Energy Future
By the American Energy Innovation Council
In the...
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Tagged Innovation, R&D, US DOE |
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A Preliminary Assessment of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Wind Energy Markets Technical Report
Full Title: A Preliminary Assessment of Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles
on Wind Energy Markets Technical Report
Author(s): W. Short and P. Denholm
Publisher(s): USDOE NREL
Publication Date: 4/2006
Identifier: NREL/TP-620-39729
Language: English
Length: 41 pages, PDF
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Tagged Denholm, Electric Vehicles, Emissions, NREL, Short, US DOE, Wind |
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Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E): Innovations Through the U.S. Department of Energy
Full Title: Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E): Innovations Through the U.S. Department of Energy
Author(s): Sam Wurzelmann
Publisher(s): Center for Climate and Energy Solutions
Publication Date: 4/2012
Language: English
Length: 16 pages, PDF
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Tagged ARPA-E, Clean Energy Technology, Federal Funding, Innovation, low-carbon, R&D, US DOE |
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AEP CEO Urges Comprehensive U.S. Energy Policy
In an April 26th speech to business leaders at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Nick Akins, President and CEO of American Electric Power, urged the U.S. to develop a comprehensive...
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Tagged American Electric Power, Coal, Critical Policy Recommendations, Energy Action Plan, Energy Policies, Global Competitiveness, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Policy Principles, Power Sector, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, US DOE, US EPA |
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An Assessment of Energy Potential at Non-Powered Dams in the United States
Full Title: An Assessment of Energy Potential at Non-Powered Dams in the United States
Author(s): Boualem Hadjerioua, Yaxing Wei and Shih-Chieh Kao
Publisher(s): U.S. Department of Energy
Publication Date: 4/2012
Language: English
Length: 44 pages,...
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Tagged hydropower, US DOE |
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Analysis of the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012
Full Title: Analysis of the Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012
Author(s): U.S. Energy and Information Administration
Publisher(s): U.S. Energy and Information Administration
Publication Date: 5/2012
Language: English
Length: 44 pages, PDF
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Tagged Biofuels, Clean Energy Standard Act, Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policies, Renewables, Solar, U.S. Energy and Information Administration, US DOE, Wind Energy |
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Assessment of the Technical Potential for Achieving Zero-Energy Commercial Buildings
Full Title: Assessment of the Technical Potential for Achieving Zero-Energy Commercial Buildings
Author(s): B. Griffith, P. Torcellini, N. Long, et al.
Publisher(s): USDOE NREL
Publication Date: 6/2006
Identifier: NREL/CP-550-39830
Language: English
Length: 15 pages, PDF
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Tagged Griffith, NREL, Torcellini, US DOE, zero-energy commercial buildings |
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Assessment Potential Impact of Concentrating Solar Power for Electricity Generation
Full Title: Report to Congress on Assessment Potential Impact of Concentrating Solar Power for Electricity Generation
Author(s): n/a
Publisher(s): USDOE, EREE
Publication Date: 2/2007
Identifier: DOE/GO-102007-2400
Language: English
Length: 5 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
The...
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Tagged Concentrating Solar Power, Energy Policies, EREE, Renewable Power Pathways, Solar, US DOE |
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Attaining Energy Security in Liquid Fuels Through Diverse U.S. Energy Alternatives
Full Title: Attaining Energy Security in Liquid Fuels Through Diverse U.S. Energy Alternatives
Author(s): K. Kern, et al.
Publisher(s): USDOE NETL
Publication Date: 8/2007
Identifier(s): DOE/NETL-2007/1278
Language: English
Length: 74 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
The...
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Tagged Alternative Fuel Commercialization, Energy Security, Kern, Liquid Fuels, NETL, US DOE |
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Better Building Initiative
As part of the Better Buildings Initiative, the Obama Administration announced a Presidential Memorandum on December 2, 2011 directing “nearly $4 billion in combined federal and private sector energy upgrades...
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Tagged EERE, Energy Efficiency, Energy Independence, Federal Agencies, Jobs, Obama, Public-Private Partnerships, State Policy, US DOE |
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CBO: Recent Growth in Subsidies for Renewables, Efficiency
A recent report from the Congressional Budget Office found that in 2011 federal support for fuel and energy technology development and production was $24 billion. Of this, $20.5 billion, or...
Filed Under: Critical Policy Issues, Discussions |
Tagged ARRA, Congressional Budget Office, Electric Vehicles, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Natural Gas, Nuclear, oil, R&D, Solar, Subsidies, US DOE, Wind |
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Clean Energy Loan Guarantee Program
The high-profile and controversial collapse of Solyndra and Beacon Power has led critics to question the integrity and merit of DOE’s loan guarantee program. Energy Secretary Steven Chu was asked...
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Tagged Beacon Power, Congress, Energy Policies, Global Competitiveness, Innovation, Power Sector, R&D, Renewables, Solar, Solyndra, Steven Chu, US DOE |
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Community Wind
Full Title: Community Wind: Once Again Pushing the Envelope of Project Finance
Author(s): M. Bolinger
Publisher(s): USDOE Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Publication Date: 1/2011
Identifier(s): LBNL-4193E
Language: English
Length: 34 pages, PDF
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Description (excerpt):
The “community wind” sector in the United...
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Tagged Bolinger, Energy Finance, LBNL, Local Efforts, Taxes, US DOE, Wind, Wind Energy |
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Could a “Green Button” Change our Energy Use?
In 2011 the Obama Administration put out a challenge to utilities: give customers a way to better access and understand their energy use data. The challenge, and its result the...
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Tagged Electricity, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policies, Green Button, Gridwise Alliance, Innovation, Itron, OPower, Pacific Gas and Electric, US DOE |
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Discussion Catalyst: Geothermal
[Note: The statements below are intended solely to stimulate discussion among the Expert community, and do not represent the position of OurEnergyPolicy.org. Text in italics indicates clarification or expansion.] Geothermal has...
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Tagged Congress, Geothermal, Renewables, Transmission, US DOE |
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DOE Forging Ahead with Loan Guarantees
Last week, DOE announced plans to continue its provision of loan guarantees for approved renewable energy projects. The announcement comes seven months after the controversy surrounding the agency’s loan to...
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Tagged American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Energy Policies, Global Competitiveness, Innovation, Loan Guarantees, Renewables, Solar, Solyndra, Subsidies, US DOE |
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DOE Weatherization Program Targeted in Coburn’s Wastebook
Senator Tom Coburn (R-OK) has released the 2011 Wastebook, his annual “guide to some of the most wasteful and low priority government spending”. Among the report’s targets is DOE’s Weatherization...
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Tagged Congress, Energy Efficiency, Energy Workforce, Federal v. State, Jobs, Senator Coburn, US DOE, Weatherization Assistance Program |
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DOE-backed Firm Claims Battery Breakthrough
As reported by the New York Times, Envia Systems, a California-based battery manufacturing company, announced yesterday what it calls a “major breakthrough” in battery technology that is “poised to revolutionize...
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Tagged ARPA-E, Electric Grid, Electric Vehicles, Electricity, Emissions, Energy Storage, Envia Systems, Transportation, US DOE |
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Enthusiasm and Concern over Natural Gas Exports
As American natural gas production continues to increase, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is considering a greater number of applications from companies interested in exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG)....
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Tagged Energy Exports, FERC, Liquified Natural Gas, LNG, Natural Gas, Power Sector, US DOE |
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Exploration of Resource and Transmission Expansion Decisions in the Western Renewable Energy Zone Initiative
Full Title: Exploration of Resource and Transmission Expansion Decisions in the Western Renewable Energy Zone Initiative
Author(s): A. Mills, A. Phadke, R. Wiser
Publisher(s): USODE Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Publication Date: 2/2010
Identifier(s): LBNL-3077E
Language: English
Length: 88...
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Tagged Mills, Phadke, Renewables, Transmission, US DOE, Western Renewable Energy Zone, Wiser |
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Integrating Renewable Electricity on the Grid
Note: Synopsis adapted by OurEnergyPolicy.org from APS press materials and report's executive summary. Synopsis intended solely for purposes of generating discussion.
Integrating Renewable Electricity on the Grid
By the American Physical Society...
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Tagged CES, Energy Storage, FERC, Renewables, Transmission, US DOE, Wind Energy |
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