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Index of harm: a measure for comparing occupational risk across industries

Solomon, K.A.; Abraham, S.C. - 2008

This areport explores the implications of an index-of-harm methodology that compares occupational risks among workers exposed to radiological and nonradiological harms. It extends the work of the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) by considering American rather than...

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FY 1996 Congressional budget request: Budget highlights

2009

The FY 1996 budget presentation is organized by the Department`s major business lines. An accompanying chart displays the request for new budget authority. The report compares the budget request for FY 1996 with the appropriated FY 1995 funding levels displayed on a comparable basis. The FY 1996...

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Intergenerational transfers and the social discount rate

Howarth, R.B.; Norgaard, R.B. - 2008

This paper investigates the relationship between intergenerational asset transfers and the choice of the discount rate for use in cost-benefit analysis in a model of a competitive overlapping generations economy constrained by a socially managed exhaustible resource. Provided that there are no...

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Modeling Photovoltaic and Concentrating Solar Power Trough Performance, Cost, and Financing with the Solar Advisor Model: Preprint

Blair, N.; Mehos, M.; Christensen, C.; Cameron, C. - 2008

A comprehensive solar technology systems analysis model, the Solar Advisor Model (SAM), has been developed to support the federal R&D community and the solar industry by staff at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Sandia National Laboratory. This model is able to model the...

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Revisiting the 'Buy versus Build' decision for publicly owned utilities in California considering wind and geothermal resources

Bolinger, Mark; Wiser, Ryan; Golove, William - 2007

publicly owned electric utilities, however, perhaps due to the belief that public power's tax-free financing status leaves …

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Office of Inspector General audit report on ``The U.S. Department of Energy`s Working Capital Fund``

2008

The Department established the Working Capital Fund (Fund) in January 1996 as a financial management tool for charging the costs of common services provided at Headquarters to Departmental program offices. Prior to establishing the Fund, the Office of Human Resources and Administration (HR) paid...

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Office of Inspector General inspection report on ``Inspection of an allegation regarding the voluntary separation program at the Savannah River Operations Office``

2008

In April 1996, the Savannah River Operations Office received approval from DOE Headquarters to offer Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) and Bechtel Savannah River, Inc. (BSRI) employees early termination incentives to facilitate downsizing of the contractor workforce thereby minimizing...

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Analysis of debt leveraging in private power projects

Kahn, E.P.; Meal, M.; Doerrer, S.; Morse, S. - 2008

on debt financing. This study examines debt leveraging in private power projects. The policy debate on these issues has …

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PTC, ITC, or Cash Grant? An Analysis of the Choice Facing Renewable Power Projects in the United States

Bolinger, Mark; Wiser, Ryan; Cory, Karlynn; James, Ted - 2009

availability and cost of financing than are natural gas power plants, for example. In the United States, the bulk of renewable … companies) who partner with project developers through highly specialized financing structures (Bolinger, 2009; Cory et al … project financing has, in turn, slowed the development of new renewable power projects, leading to layoffs throughout the …

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Ahuachapan geothermal project: a technical and economic assessment

Bloomster, C.H.; DiPippo; Kuwada, J.T.; Russell, B.F. - 2007

control costs; operating experience and costs; financing; taxes, subsidies, or incentives; marketing; and electrical system …

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