ISE Research: Utility of the Future

 
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/39109

The electric power industries of the world are shifting from centralized, fossil-based production to more distributed and entirely carbon-free networks. Along with colleagues in the Questrom School of Business, the College of Engineering, and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, the Institute plays a global leadership role in this area.

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    Kleinberg, Robert L. (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2021-05-04)
    On 13 August 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) promulgated its final rule amending the New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for the Oil and Natural Gas Sector. Both adherents and detractors of ...

  • The value of diversifying uncertain renewable generation through the transmission system 

    Van Horn, Kai; Pfeifenberger, Johannes; Ruiz, Pablo (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2020-09)
    A study published by the ISE estimates transmission-related benefits attributable to the geographic diversification of variable renewable generation and loads. The analysis indicates that the benefits of transmission ...

  • Still charging: energy storage commercialization in Massachusetts 

    Marttin, Victor (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2020-05)
    With the mutually reinforcing trends of climate change mitigation and transport electrification, the opportunity for energy storage innovation has never been more apparent. Massachusetts supports a robust community of ...

  • Bringing power and progress to Africa in a financially and environmentally sustainable manner 

    Stuebi, Richard; Adukonu, Edem; Wang, Peishan; Zhang, Ted; Yue, Xin; Ren, Justin (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2020-04)
    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The future of electricity supply and delivery on the continent of Africa represents one of the thorniest challenges facing professionals in the global energy, economics, finance, environmental, ...

  • Multi-user microgrids: obstacles to development and recommendations for advancement 

    Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2018-11)
    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Multi-user microgrids (MUMs) are an emerging approach to electricity service that allows neighboring customers to obtain greater resilience in electricity service, from a set of locally installed ...

  • Assessment of Haiti’s electricity sector 

    Stuebi, Richard; Hatch, Jennifer (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2018-03)
    INTRODUCTION: This report summarizes the current state of the electricity sector in Haiti, to form a knowledge base from which to subsequently evaluate options for how best to increase electricity access in Haiti. Accordingly, ...

  • Assessing the potential for U.S. utility green bonds 

    Lam, Tan; Fox-Penner, Peter; Hatch, Jennifer (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2019-05)
    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Bonds are the largest single class of financial instrument across the world’s financial markets. Recently, a subclass of these bonds, called green bonds, has emerged in the market place. Green bonds ...