Peer-reviewed journal articles, working papers, and other publications apply Stanford’s interdisciplinary strengths in engineering, economics, business, and energy policy to increase global knowledge of low-carbon energy technologies.
Cost Competitiveness of Residential Solar PV: The Impact of Net Metering Restrictions
The policy of net metering allows operators of residential and commercial solar PV systems to sell surplus electricity back to their utility at…
Dynamic Natural Monopoly Regulation: Time Inconsistency, Asymmetric Information, and Political Environments
This paper quantitatively assesses time inconsistency, moral hazard, and political ideology in monopoly regulation of electricity distribution. We…
The U.S. Investment Tax Credit for Solar Energy: Alternatives to the Anticipated 2017 Step-Down
Solar photovoltaic (PV) installations in the United States have been deployed at a rapid pace in recent years, a development that is attributed in…
Economic Value of Flexible Hydrogen-Based Polygeneration Energy Systems
Polygeneration energy systems (PES) have the potential to provide a flexible, high-efficiency, and low-emissions alternative for power generation…
Sustainable Investing at Generation Investment Management
In 2015, Generation Investment Management celebrated the successful 10-year track record of its flagship Global Equity Fund, which outperformed…
Levelized Product Cost: Concept and Decision Relevance
We examine a life-cycle cost concept that applies to both manufacturing and service industries in which upfront capacity investments are essential…
Are the Recent Declines in Solar PV Module Prices Sustainable?
Once dismissed as unrealistically expensive, solar photovoltaic (PV) power has been on a remarkable run lately: according to Bloomberg…
Time of Day Pricing and the Levelized Cost of Intermittent Power Generation
An important characteristic of most renewable energy sources is intermittency in their ability to generate electricity. Yet, intermittency is…
Incentives for Early Adoption of Carbon Capture Technology
We analyze a policy proposal for regulating the next generation of baseload electricity generation facilities in the United States. The…
The Effectiveness of Domestic Content Criteria in India's Solar Mission
Often, a goal of renewable energy policies is the development of domestic renewable energy technology manufacturing capacity. The Jawaharlal Nehru…