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Cost Recovery for Multiple Use Storage Resources
(2020-05)My goal at the outset of this Capstone Project was to determine how electric storage resources (“ESRs”) can be compensated for the services they can provide and whether ESRs can actually stack the value they offer in ... -
Cost-Efficiency of Offshore Wind Farms for Great Lakes Coastal Cities in the US
(2019-12)This capstone project analyzed various aspects of freshwater turbine benefits and impacts in the Great Lakes to determine if offshore wind farms are a cost-efficient source of renewable energy for coastal cities in the ... -
Developing a Heat-Related Social Vulnerability Index for Correctional Facilities
(2020-12)Climate change, driven by increasing greenhouse gas emissions, has caused and will continue to cause increasing temperatures across the United States (Hayhoe et al. 2018). Extreme heat contributes to a variety of health ... -
Developing Policy for Beneficial Use of Waste Heat Energy for Low-Carbon Impact Thermal Desalination
(2017-12)This study proposes that policy—supported by innovative technologies in desalination and cogeneration—can be used as a mechanism to facilitate thermal desalination for the relief of water stress without the burden of ... -
Do Millennials See Climate Change as More Than Just a Meme?
(2018-04)This paper compares the climate change public opinion of Millennials—born between the years 1981 and 2000—to those of other generations (Generation X, Baby Boomers, the Silent Generation). Recent social and political ... -
Electric and Fuel Cell Forklifts in Mexico: A Comparative Life-Cycle Assessment
(2017-05)A recent overhaul of Mexico’s energy sector launched by a Constitutional reform in 2013 started the decarbonization of the economy by tapping into Mexico’s vast renewable resources and through the deployment of new energy ... -
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas: Coal Plants vs. Marked Conditions
(2018-04)Coal-fired power plant retirements are important to understand as energy systems and energy markets evolve. Three base-load coal-fired power plants that were operational within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas ... -
Electric Vehicle Implementation in Rural New Hampshire
(2018-12)This Capstone integrates the uniqueness of rural transportation in the Upper Valley Region of New Hampshire and the future of electric vehicles (EVs) in rural areas centered in Lebanon, New Hampshire. The focus of this ... -
Electricity Transmission and the State Utility Commission Approcal Process- What's Taking So Long?
(2018-04)Electricity transmission lines connecting widely dispersed renewable energy resources and other electricity generators to load centers are a vital piece of the electric grid of the future. Building transmission infrastructure ... -
Energy Reliability through Solar Public-Private Partnerships in India and Bangladesh for Sustainable Community Development
(2019-12)As rapidly growing economies, India and Bangladesh’s energy needs have become stressed due to availability and reliability constraints, especially in rural regions of the country. Renewable energy is an important resource ... -
Enhance Resilience to Climate Change by Integrating Ecosystems into Adaptation Planning: Policy Recommendations for the National Adaptation Plan of Madagascar
(2016-12)The purpose of this Capstone Project is to create science-based policy recommendations on integrating ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA) into Madagascar’s National Adaptation Plan (NAP), which is a plan developed by the ... -
The Enhancement of Emissions Efficiency through Utilization of Vehicle to Grid Technology
(2017-05)Electric vehicles with large capacity batteries are capable of providing benefits to the electric grid itself like load shifting and even potential exporting of power. More interestingly, vehicles are parked 90% of the ... -
Evaluation of State Plug-In Electric Vehicle Purchase Incentive Programs: What Drives Vehicle Uptake?
(2018-04)This objective of this paper was to identify common program components of state-level financial purchase incentives for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that are most closely linked with “success,” which is determined by ... -
Examining Uncertainty in Reserves Estimation for Oil and Natural Gas Wells Completed with Hydraulic Fracturing
(2018-04)The recent innovations in horizontal drilling technology, paired with hydraulic fracturing (HF), have opened up vast reserves of petroleum across the world, particularly the United States. This recent surge in oil and gas ... -
Exploring New York City's Path to Decarbonization
(2020-05)The June 2019 passage of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) in New York state set ambitious carbon reduction goals over the 2030-2050 time horizon. Removal of carbon from the electric system and ... -
EXPLORING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR ON MAN-MADE RESERVOIRS IN THE UNITED STATES
(2021-05)Floating photovoltaic solar systems (FPV) is a rapidly emerging technology across the globe. However, it has yet to make the same significant traction in the United States. Valuable utilization of renewable energy potential ... -
Flying Green: The Low-Carbon Airport of Tomorrow
(2019-12)The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates that 918 million metric tons of CO2 is generated from global aviation operations, including commercial, belly freight and dedicated freight. Additionally, ... -
Grid Reliability in a Changing Climate
(2019-05)As the United States continues to experience disastrous weather-related events—hurricanes, tropical storms, deep freezes, heat waves, and wildfires—evaluating the resilience of critical infrastructure systems becomes ... -
Growing Small in Rural Southern Idaho: Small-Scale Hydropower Development in Agriculture-Based Communities
(2020-03)The aim of the research presented in this capstone is to determine whether the relative impacts of hydropower projects of different sizes reveal if larger numbers of smaller hydropower projects are preferable to a smaller ... -
How to Get a Robust Green New Deal through Congress: Determining the Philosophy, the Cost, and the Subsequent Political Approach
(2020-12)The United States has not engaged in rapidly decarbonizing its economy for two reasons: because there are unpleasant nuances, and the politics are complicated. The first sector of the economy which is on track to be fully ...