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- Climate Change
- Emissions Reductions from Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems - Laboratory for Energy and the Environment - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - August 2005
- Deployment of Solar Energy
- Mobilizing for a Solar Future U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08) - July 2009
- Solar Grand Plan: Solar as a Solution Fthenakis, Mason, Zweibel - Sun & Wind Energy Magazine, August 2008
- Here Comes The Sun Fthenakis, Mason, Zweibel - EnergyBiz Magazine, March 2008
- A Solar Grand Plan Zweibel, Mason, Fthenakis - Scientific American Magazine, January 2008
- Energy Grid
and Intermittency
- Investing in our Energy Future- Secretary Steven Chu - DOE - August 2009
- Renewable Electric Power—Too Much of a Good Thing: Looking At ERCOT- Mark B. Lively - USAEE - September 2009
- Operational Forecasting for Utility-Scale Solar - Steve Ihnen - SolarCasters Inc. - May 2009
- Smart Grid Innovations - Sunil Cherian - Spirae - May 2009
- Solar and the Grid: Challenges and Solutions - Sam Baldwin - Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, DOE - May 2009
- PV Output Variability - Tomm Hoff, Richard Perez- Clean Power Research/NYSERDA - May 2009
- Transform PV to Load Capacity Status by Coupling PV Plants to CAES Plants - James Mason- Renewable Energy Research Institute - May 2009
- Segis Concept Paper Solar Energy Grid Integration Systems
- Smart Grid Concept in Denmark - - November 2008
- Power Flow Simulations of a More Renewable California Grid Utilizing Wind and Solar Insolation Forecasting - Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering - Stanford University
- Lessons from the Telecom Industry for Distributed Generation - NREL - 2008
- Intermittency in Germany: The Combined Power Plant - Enercon GmbH, SolarWorld AG and Schmack Biogas AG - 2007
- BritNed Europe's Link for the Future- HVDC link between the UK and the Netherlands - BritNed
- Assessment of the Impact of Renewable Electricity Generation on the German Electricity Sector - Frank Sensfuss - University of Karlsruhe - January 2007
- Energy Storage
- Transform PV to Load Capacity Status by Coupling PV Plants to CAES Plants - James Mason- Renewable Energy Research Institute - May 2009
- Energy Storage Progress Report - DOE 2007
- "The Trouble with Lithium - Implications of Future PHEV Production for Lithium Demand" - Meridian International Research - January 2007
- Battery Requirements and Cost-Benefit Analysis for PHEVs - NREL - 2007
- "Bottling Electricity" Report on Storage and Intermittency- DOE - Electricity Advisory Committee - December 2008
- Fossil Fuels
- Externalities of Coal in South Carolina - Oak Ridge National Laboratory - 2007
- Photovoltaics
- PV vs. Solar Thermal - Jonathan Lesser, Nicholas Puga - Public Utilities Fortnightly - July 2008
- History of Thin Film Solar Cells - Nick Dalacu - Niagra Science Museum - 2008
- PV Status Report 2008 - European Commision Institute for Energy - 2008
- PV Land Use Impacts - Denholm, Margolis - May 2008
- PV Use per Capita - NREL - December 2007
- PV Production of Hydrogen - Mason, Zweibel - 2006
- PV Electrolytic System - Mason, Zweibel - December 2006
- Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEV)
- Batteries Not Included- Clive Thompson - New York Times - April 2009
- Drivetrain Efficiency Comparison - Freedom Formula Foundation - 2006
- "Life Cycle Assessment of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles" - Environmental Science & Technology - American Chemical Society - February 2008
- Solar Policy
- Feed-in Tariff for Renewable Energies: An Effective Stimulus Package without New Public Borrowing - Hans-Josef Fell (Member of the German Bundestag) - April 2009
- State Policy Experimentation with Financial Incentives for Solar Energy - The George Washington University Institute of Public Policy - May 2009
- Support for Solar Power and Renewable Electricity Generation at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - The George Washington University - May 2009
- Modeling the Impact of State and Federal Incentives on Concentrating Solar Power Market Penetration - NREL - 2008
- Let the Solar Shine In - National Journal - April 2009
- Finanacing Large-Scale PV - Sun and Wind Energy Magazine - January 2009
- The Solar Energy Market
- Global Manufacturing of Photovoltaics: Where Does the US Stand - Zweibel - April 2009
- Analysis of PV Market - Deutsche Bank - 2009
- Renewables Global Status Report - REN21 - 2007
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- Solar Grand Plan- Fthenakis, Mason, Zweibel - January 2008
- Here Comes The Sun - Fthenakis, Mason, Zweibel - EnergyBiz Magazine - March 2008
- Solar Grand Plan: Solar as a Solution - Fthenakis, Mason, Zweibel - Sun & Wind Energy Magazine - August 2008
- How Much Solar Can We Use, How Fast, and at What Cost? - Zweibel - August 2008
- Solar and Wind Presentation - Zweibel - July 2008
- Twenty Percent Wind Energy by 2030 - DOE - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - May 2008
- Wind Energy
- 2008 Wind Technologies Market Report - Wiser, R., and M. Bolinger - Lawrence Berkely National Laboratory -July 20099
- Economics of Wind - EWEA - March 20099
- Wind Integration Impacts: Results of Detailed Simulation Studies and Operational Practice in the US - NREL - May 20089
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