include capacity credit, regulation impacts and costs, and preliminary load-following impacts via the supplemental energy … market in California. We also discuss the status of the RPS Integration Study and some implications for wind integration in …

), and linear programming model of capacity expansion in the electric sector of the United States. WinDS is designed to … address the principal market issues related to the penetration of wind energy technologies into the electric sector. These … principal market issues include access to and cost of transmission, and the intermittency of wind power. WinDS has been used to …

generated in California and Nevada. The majority of geothermal capacity came on line during the 1980s when stable market … wave of geothermal development that lasted until the early 1990s. However, by the mid-1990s, the market for new geothermal … based on an avoided cost calculation that reflected the low fossil fuel-prices of the early 1990s. Today, market and non-market …

. This second paper focuses on wind plant capacity credit as measured with power system reliability indices. Reliability …-based methods of measuring capacity credit are compared with wind plant capacity factor. The relationship between capacity …

plants accounted for 96% of the total generating capacity added in the US between 1999 and 2002--138 GW out of a total of 144 … GW. Looking ahead, the EIA expects that gas-fired technology will account for 61% of the 355 GW new generating capacity … projected to come on-line in the US up to 2025, increasing the nationwide market share of gas-fired generation from 18% in 2002 …

installations are expected to increase by 1,850 megawatts (MW), resulting in a total installed capacity of about 4,400 MW. The … market expansion is supported by a variety of Federal and state incentives in the form of production tax credits, renewable … increases, and enforcement of clean air laws are increasingly important wind market drivers in some regions. Continuing research …

The last two decades have seen a dramatic increase in the market share of independent, nonutility generators (NUGs …--i.e., whether a utility should sign a power purchase agreement (PPA) with a NUG, or develop and own the generation capacity itself … article looks at a publicly owned utility's decision to buy or build new renewable energy capacity--specifically wind and …

capacity increases in states without mandates and greater market growth even after the policies expire. Although these policies …This paper presents analysis conducted with the Wind Deployment System Model (WinDS) -- a model of capacity expansion … market impacts of specific state-level policies. This paper provides analysis results regarding the impact of existing state …

) market data that can be used by utilities as a benchmark for gauging the relative success of their green pricing programs … sales, participants, participation rates, and new renewable energy capacity supported. It presents data on various aspects …

Although small wind turbine technology and economics have improved in recent years, the small wind market in the United … widespread market acceptance absent significant changes in the level of policy support, and (3) a number of policies could help … stimulate the market, but state cash incentives currently have the most significant impact, and will be a critical element of …