The application of life-cycle assessment (LCA) to electric power (EP) technologies is a vibrant research pursuit that is likely to continue as the world seeks ways to meet growing electricity demand with reduced environmental and human health impacts. Although LCA is an evolving methodology with...

Aerosols can affect the cloud-radiation feedback and the precipitation over the Indian monsoon region. In this paper, we propose that another pathway by which aerosols can modulate the multi-scale aspect of Indian monsoons is by altering the land–atmosphere interactions. The nonlinear...

In this paper, we examine the relationship between CO2 and SO2 (including carbonaceous aerosols) mitigations in a framework of correlated global and local externalities. The framework is set up in a revised RICE model [Nordhaus, WD and Z Yang (1996). A regional dynamic general-equilibrium model...

Consumer perception could play an important role in the adoption of renewable energy technologies. This study aims to explore the role of consumer acceptance and model its effect on residential photovoltaic (PV) adoption. A survey was conducted to understand consumer perceptions of the...

This study reveals the interrelationships among a variety of policies supporting solar energy adoption in the U.S. and then calculates the amount of financial subsidies required to support mandatory policies such as Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). To illuminate interrelationships among these...

In this report we calculate the change in final consumer prices due to minimum efficiency standards, focusing on a standard economic model of the air-conditioning and heating equipment (ACHE) wholesale industry. The model examines the relationship between the marginal cost to distribute and sell...

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