This article summarizes state legislation to provide incentives for the development of renewable energy. We briefly review interviews with private sector decision makers regarding the effectiveness of state incentives.

This paper summarizes the incentives for using renewable energy sources to generate heat and electric power in the United States.

This is an updated version of a study on solid waste management. It deals with state legislation that is developing rapidly and also includes summaries of factual information that is required to assess current and future problems related to solid waste management in the U.S. An integrated solid...

We present estimates of the lifetime carbon dioxide emissions from coal-fired, photovoltaic, and solar thermal power plants in the United States. These CO2 estimates are based on a net energy analysis derived from both operational systems and detailed design studies. It appears that...

This article presents an overview of the current state of solar system design and optimization analysis for low temperature applications. It emphasizes the design of collector systems for heating and cooling of buildings and presents a simple economic analysis to determine the actual cost of...