Energy Sector Publications
An Interactive Assessment of Biomass Demand and Availability in the Southeastern United States
March 2011 - by Christopher S. Galik and Robert C. Abt
The following report evaluates the implications of biomass use at multiple levels of demand and under various policy scenarios across the southeastern United States. It represents the culmination of a four month joint research effort between North Carolina State University, the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions at Duke University, and Environmental Defense Fund. It provides background on the methodology used to conduct the analysis, as well as an overview of an associated Biomass Demand Interface Tool that can be used to view the results. Collectively, these allow for the simultaneous evaluation of dozens of demand scenarios on multiple metrics of concern, thus providing the beginnings of a comprehensive overview of the range of impacts that increasing demand for forest biomass may have in a given state or region.
Transportation Infrastructure Spending and Climate Outcomes: Effects of Reinvesting Transportation Carbon Fee Revenues in Transportation Infrastructure
December 2010 - by Craig Raborn
PACE Financing: Introduction and Key Questions for Local Implementation
June 2010 - by Beth Conlin, Robert Allen and Todd Wooten
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) financing programs promote energy efficiency investment and renewable energy project development through lowcost municipal loans to property owners.
An Analysis of the Carbon Limits and Energy for America’s Renewal (CLEAR) Act and Comparison to Waxman-Markey
May 2010 - by Eric Williams
Energy Efficiency in the South
April 2010 - by Marilyn A. Brown, Etan Gumerman, Xiaojing Sun, Youngsun Baek, Joy Wang, Rodrigo Cortes, and Diran Soumonni
Energy Efficiency in the South is a recent report by a team of researchers at the Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions and Georgia Institute of Technology and that uses state-of-the-art economic modeling to evaluate the potential impact of energy efficiency policies on Southern states. The energy efficiency policies examined by the research team fall into three broad categories: residential, commercial, and industrial. The report also includes state profiles for each state in the region (including the District of Columbia) and the economic and employment impacts of energy efficiency for each individual state.
Transforming Utility and Ratepayer Support for Electrical Energy Efficiency Nationwide
November 2008 - by David Hoppock, Jonas Monast, and Eric Williams
This paper is one in a series by the CCPP at Duke University to explore the barriers facing large‐scale, low‐carbon electricity generation and increased efficiency in the near‐term – primarily the next ten to fifteen years. Policy drivers may be necessary to provide the right price signal to develop low‐carbon emission technologies, but a price signal alone may not be enough to enable broad‐scale deployment.1 Significant technical, legal, infrastructural, and social barriers prevent the implementation of the necessary technologies and efficiency improvements. The series provides an overview of the barriers and outlines general policy options for lawmakers who wish to speed the development and/or wide‐scale deployment of low-carbon energy technologies. It will include papers focusing on specific energy generation technologies, including renewable energy and energy storage, and energy efficiency, a cost effective near‐term option for displacing carbon‐intensive energy generation.
Carbon Capture, Pipeline and Storage: A Viable Option for North Carolina
March 2007 - by Eric Williams, Nora Greenglass and Rebecca Ryals
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