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of electric vehicles to counteract extremes of reverse power flows due to high photovoltaic electricity generation is …
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Cost savings from efficiency gains are at the core of the green building business case. Significantly lower energy bills are said to be a major factor in the green rent premium that has been observed in earlier studies. Our study tests this relationship by, inferring energy costs from operating...
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commercial, industrial, and transportation end-use sectors. The additional electricity demand in response to high temperatures …-protecting adaptations to high temperatures. The second part of the paper examines the private and external costs of electricity generation …. Extreme temperatures increase electricity demand in the residential sector (relative to moderate temperatures), but not in the …
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commercial, industrial, and transportation end-use sectors. The additional electricity demand in response to high temperatures …-protecting adaptations to high temperatures. The second part of the paper examines the private and external costs of electricity generation …. Extreme temperatures increase electricity demand in the residential sector (relative to moderate temperatures), but not in the …
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President Bush declared America “addicted to oil” in his fifth State of the Union address, uttering what is now a common refrain used to urge the development of alternative fuel sources. Before progress can be made to modernize the U.S. fuel mix, though, it is important to consider how and...
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that policy, including its emphases and functions in both the electricity and transportation sectors of the U.S. economy …
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South-Eastern European (SEE) countries are typically keen to maintain the status quo in their energy systems, generally characterized by underinvestment, high coal share and utility affordability needs. Their energy mixes have historically been determined by external factors, currently mainly...
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Building energy efficiency has been a cornerstone of greenhouse gas mitigation strategies for decades. However, impact evaluations have revealed that energy savings typically fall short of engineering model forecasts that currently guide funding decisions. This creates a resource allocation...
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We use restricted-access, geocoded data on the near-universe of workers in 23 U.S. states in order to quantify the impact of wind energy development on local earnings and employment, by race, ethnicity, sex, and educational attainment. We find the largest relative impacts for workers without a...
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