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Our new analytical general equilibrium model is used to study effects of tightening state Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) on electricity price, CO2 emissions, fossil fuel electricity generation, and two kinds of renewable generation. We show how those outcomes depend on key state...
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shifted production to unregulated firms in the same conglomerate instead of improving their energy efficiency. Conglomerate …
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The history of innovation in the chemical industry offers many insights for accelerating energy innovation. In this chapter, we begin by laying out the early history of the chemical industry for an overview of the role innovation has played in its development. We then explore three noteworthy...
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Energy efficiency and conservation are considered key means for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving other …. We review economic concepts underlying consumer decision making in energy efficiency and conservation and examine related … behavioral failures that have been cited in the energy efficiency context. We assess the extent to which these conditions provide …
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This paper examines the effects of the Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency standards (CAFE) on the automobile product mix … results taken together imply that (1) contrary to the CAFE opponents' claims, higher fleet fuel efficiency is not neutralized …
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State-level building energy codes have been around for over 40 years, but recent empirical research has cast doubt on their effectiveness. A potential virtue of standards-based policies is that they may be less regressive than explicit taxes on energy consumption. However, this conjecture has...
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Building energy efficiency has been a cornerstone of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies for decades. However, impact ….S. energy efficiency program, we demonstrate that a data-driven approach to predicting retrofit impacts based on previously …
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.S transit agencies with transit agencies in Germany and the United Kingdom. We study U.S urban public sector energy efficiency …
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criterion of user value rather than production cost; and that if improvements in energy efficiency are embodied in a good by its …
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Improvements in energy efficiency reduce the cost of consuming services from household cars and appliances and can … costly energy efficiency mandate. We decompose each total effect on the use of energy into components that include a direct … efficiency effect, direct rebound effect, and indirect rebound effect. We investigate which factors determine the sign and …
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