The main purpose of this National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) project was to investigate the cost and performance tradeoffs of utility-scale solar PV through modeling variations in fixed-tilt and single-axis tracker ...

New developments in the exploration of unconventional Oil and Gas (O&G) resources have become an energy industry trend. Nevertheless, there are underlying environmental and socio-economic impacts attributed to “fracking”, ...

This capstone project is closely aligned with the professional goals of the author as an engineer within the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Water Power Technology Office (WPTO). The WPTO has two primary branches, conventional ...

The Trump Administration’s attempts to reverse a wide range federal policies direct attention to investigations of policy durability and policy change. The California electricity crisis, the Gulf oil spill, the Solyndra ...