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Grid Operator PJM Talks Details of Energy Price Formation
specifically, the subsidies would go to coal and nuclear power plants that can store a 90-day supply of fuel on-site. DOE maintains that this would ... , PJM’s Stu Bresler, Senior Vice President for Operations and Markets
The Efficiency Potential of E-Grocery
centers are designed for efficiency. A store must maintain bright lighting, a comfortable temperature, and cold or frozen foods must be available ... , these facilities are purpose designed for food preservation and could
Do Government Loans Crowd Out Private Borrowing?
Administration’s (SBA) Disaster Loan Program, a program that has provided low-cost loans to individuals and businesses that have experienced a federally ... impact these loans have had on these recipients, and on the private market
Mark Alan Hughes
for Urban Research and a research fellow of the Wharton Risk Center ... Center for Energy Policy. He was a professor of practice in regional ... won the National Planning Award for his research in city and regional
Matthijs Bouw
Matthijs Bouw is a Dutch architect and urban planner, the founder of ... . Bouw has pioneered the use of design as a tool for collaboration. He led ... significant application through a series of climate adaptation and resilience
Are 100% Renewable Energy Targets Realistic?
renewables on peak days, while in Iowa, wind produces a third of the state ... falling costs that helped fuel growth can get turned on their head, and ... renewable energy with an eye on likely economic and political challenges along
Handicapping EPA’s Deregulatory Climate Agenda
essential to limiting climate change, and protecting human health, just a few ... replacement for the Clean Power Plan, the Obama-era regulation to reduce ... President Trump, does away with broad carbon emissions reduction targets for
The Unforeseen Consequences of Regulations: How Past Regulations Affect the Adoption of Innovative Technologies in the Shale Gas Industry
enabled all firms operating in a common pool to collaborate, vote on the ... "Oil field unitization”—a key provision of the regulation—enabled firms to assemble all tracts of land that shared a common access to an oil
Why Temporary Carbon Storage in Forests Has Little Climate Value: Part 2
complements their primary focus on emission reductions. A company could still ... slash global emissions to net zero on a similar timeframe—but only if they ... This is part two of a two-part blog series. To read part one, please
Thomas Hale
–to face the challenges raised by globalization and interdependence, with a particular emphasis on environmental, economic, and health issues. He holds a ... Visiting Scholar 2021-2022 Thomas Hale is a professor in public