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Costs and Benefits of Renewables Portfolio Standards in the United States

Publication Type

Journal Article

Date Published

12/2015

Authors

Barbose, Galen L., Lori Bird, Jenny Heeter, Francisco Flores, Ryan H. Wiser

DOI

10.1016/j.rser.2015.07.175

Journal

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

Volume

Year of Publication

2015

Notes

The attached version is a pre-print of an article accepted for publication in Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews.

This article was based on research from a joint LBNL and NREL report entitled A Survey of State-Level Cost and Benefit Estimates of Renewable Portfolio Standards. To see the report, click here.

This research was also featured in an issue of the IAEE Energy Forum. To download the published version, please click here.