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Ramping up renewable energy in California is essential to lowering carbon emissions from the state’s electricity sector. Renewable energy can also reduce emissions in the transportation sector by powering electric vehicles.
As California moves toward increasing renewable energy beyond the current requirement of 33 percent by 2020, the state’s approach to managing the electricity grid needs to evolve to take full advantage of its low-carbon resources.
For example, natural gas power plants could generate electricity and provide reliability services when there is an ample supply of renewable energy available. In this scenario, electricity produced by natural gas power plants could …
View Full ResourceA Ford F-150 that travels 5 miles further on every gallon of gas. A Mercedes crossover that saves drivers over $8,000 dollars in lifetime fueling costs. A Mitsubishi compact that gets 40 miles per gallon.
These aren’t fuel efficiency fantasies; they’re real numbers that represent new vehicles on the market today. Thanks to the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and global warming emission standards passed in 2010, today’s new cars and trucks are more efficient than ever before. And despite claims that the standards are expensive or technologically impossible, automaker manufacturers continue producing cleaner cars and trucks every year, saving …
View Full ResourceEstablishing an electric vehicle (EV) rebate program for the purchase of all-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles in Oregon would produce economic gains while reducing gasoline consumption by Oregon consumers. The rebate would inject an additional $83 million into the state’s GDP through 2030 while making consumers less vulnerable to fluctuating gasoline prices.
The report finds that implementing a rebate for EVs would save Oregon drivers $46 million in gasoline bills over the next five years. Those savings would increase to $212 million through 2030. In addition, more electric vehicles on Oregon’s roads would mitigate the negative effects of high or …
View Full ResourceBuilding rural energy infrastructure in developing countries remains a significant financial, policy and technological challenge. The growth of the electric vehicle (EV) industry will rapidly expand the resource of partially degraded, ‘retired’, but still usable batteries in 2016 and beyond. These batteries can become the storage hubs for community-scale grids in the developing world. We model the resource and performance potential and the technological and economic aspects of the utilization of retired EV batteries in rural and decentralized mini- and micro-grids. We develop and explore four economic scenarios across three battery chemistries to examine the impacts on transport and recycling …
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Electric utilities today are no longer the steadfast and predictable businesses they once were. There is continued deregulation of energy markets facilitating stronger competition, increasing price volatility due to global demand growth and the issue of climate change driving widespread government subsidized promotion of renewable energy. As utilities begin to cope with changing market forces, they are exploring opportunities with tax advantaged, yield oriented investment vehicles to help improve economic returns.
Navigant Energy’s Lucas Porter explores this changing landscape, recent transactions and future trends in the “Alternative Investment Structures in Electric Power” white paper.
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View Full ResourceThe Electric Vehicles Initiative (EVI) is a multi-government policy forum dedicated to accelerating the introduction and adoption of electric vehicles worldwide. EVI is one of several initiatives launched in 2010 under the Clean Energy Ministerial, a high-level dialogue among energy ministers from the world’s major economies. EVI currently includes 15 member governments from Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America, as well as participation from the International Energy Agency (IEA).
This report examines the anticipated trend of EV’s in the global marketplace through 2020.…
View Full ResourceIn this paper, we develop a methodology for estimating marginal emissions of electricity demand that vary by location and time of day across the United States. The approach takes account of the generation mix within interconnected electricity markets and shifting load profiles throughout the day. Using data available for 2007 through 2009, with a focus on carbon dioxide (CO2), we find substantial variation among locations and times of day. Marginal emission rates are more than three times as large in the upper Midwest compared to the western United States, and within regions, rates for some hours of the day are …
View Full ResourceLike all economic policy debates in the United States, energy and climate policy is shaped by competing “economic doctrines.” Those who subscribe to the neoclassical economic doctrine see climate change as a relatively straightforward problem caused by failing to charge polluters of greenhouse gases (GHG) for the full costs of their emissions. Once the price is right, the theory holds, the market will respond appropriately (if it hasn’t already) and develop the needed solutions. By contrast, those informed by neo-Keynesian perspectives favor a more direct response, such as subsidizing renewable energy or requiring its use. Finally, those supporting the innovation… View Full Resource
Like all economic policy debates in the United States, energy and climate policy is shaped by competing “economic doctrines.” Those who subscribe to the neoclassical economic doctrine see climate change as a relatively straightforward problem caused by failing to charge polluters of greenhouse gases (GHG) for the full costs of their emissions. Once the price is right, the theory holds, the market will respond appropriately (if it hasn’t already) and develop the needed solutions. By contrast, those informed by neo-Keynesian perspectives favor a more direct response, such as subsidizing renewable energy or requiring its use. Finally, those supporting the innovation …
View Full ResourcePlug-in electric vehicles, or PEVs, have recently become available across the nation on an unprecedented scale. A successful mass deployment of these vehicles could create many public benefits, facilitating a transition away from an oil-‐dominated transportation system while reducing air pollutants and carbon emissions. However, widespread consumer acceptance of PEVs will depend on collective action from a diverse array of stakeholders, including electric utilities, manufacturers, nonprofits, and governments at all levels. Coordinated regional and local efforts are needed to accelerate and accommodate PEV deployment.
In 2011, the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI) launched the Northeast Electric Vehicle Network, comprised of …
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