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2026
Baillargeon, Natalie, Juniper Katz, Lanbing Tao, Robi Nilson, and Ben Hoen."Permitting and siting of wind and solar in Massachusetts: processes, timelines, and outcomes."Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy
5 (2026). DOI
Kahrl, Fredrich, Jennie Jorgenson, Lawryn Kiboma, Dev Millstein, Natalie Mims Frick, and Brian Sergi."Getting brighter: Impacts of improved day-ahead solar forecasts in high-solar, high-storage electricity systems."Renewable Energy
259 (2026) 125104. DOI
Wiser, Ryan H, Galen L Barbose, Will Gorman, Eric O'Shaughnessy, Sydney Forrester, Paul Donohoo-Vallett, Peter Cappers, Jeff Deason, Ryan Hledik, and Long Lam."Retail Electricity Price Trends and Drivers: Data Update−2026 Edition."
(2026).
Rand, Joseph, Louisa Kramer, Ben Hoen, Jay Diffendorfer, and Christopher Garrity."Out With the Old: Empirical Trends in U.S. Land‐Based Wind Turbine Decommissioning and Repowering."Wind Energy
29.3 (2026). DOI
Nilson, Robi, Lanbing Tao, Will Maddock, Juniper Katz, Natalie Baillargeon, and Ben Hoen."Outcomes and timelines for state-based energy facility permitting in the United States."Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy
5 (2026). DOI
2025
Fujita, K Sydny, Ben Hoen, Dana Robson, Joe Rand, Zach Ancona, Jay Diffendorfer, Louisa Kramer, Chris Garrity, Jianyu Gu, Jordan Macknick, and K R. Justin Thomas."The Rise of US Photovoltaics: An Exploration of Land Use Density Trends in Large‐Scale Solar Facility Attributes, 2012–2021."International Journal of Photoenergy
2025.1 (2025). DOI
Gorman, Will, Joseph Rand, Anna Cheyette, Joachim Seel, Seongeun Jeong, and Ryan H Wiser."Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Operating and Proposed Plants, 2025 Data Update."
(2025).
Seel, Joachim, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Anna Cheyette, Will Gorman, Naïm R Darghouth, Dana Robson, Joseph Rand, and Seongeun Jeong."U.S. Utility-Scale Solar, 2025 Data Update."
(2025).
Elmallah, Salma, Robi Nilson, Joseph Rand, Emma Uridge, and Ben Hoen."Under-capacitated and over-powered? Rural austerity and asymmetrical negotiating relationships in US wind energy development."Journal of Rural Studies
119 (2025) 103749. DOI
Hoen, Ben, Eric Brunner, and David Schwegman."Uplifting winds: The surprisingly positive community-wide impact of wind energy installations on property values."Energy Research & Social Science
127 (2025) 104331. DOI
Kemp, Julie Mulvaney, Dev Millstein, Will Gorman, Seongeun Jeong, and Ryan H Wiser."Electric transmission value and its drivers in United States power markets."Nature Communications
16 (2025). DOI
Rand, Joseph, Karl Hoesch, Robi Nilson, Ben Hoen, Sarah Mills, Douglas L Bessette, and Jacob White."More power to them: U.S. large-scale solar neighbors' support for additional solar."Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy
4 (2025). DOI
Sergi, Brian, Jennie Jorgenson, Lawryn Kiboma, Zack Jensen, Dev Millstein, Natalie Mims Frick, and Fredrich Kahrl."Solar and Storage Integration in the U.S. Southeast: Implications for Resource Adequacy."
(2025).
Fujita, K Sydny, Louisa Kramer, Kari Wellman, James Diffendorfer, Dana Robson, Ben Hoen, and Chris Garrity."US Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database Files."
(2025).
Hoesch, Karl, Sarah Mills, Joseph Rand, Robi Nilson, Douglas L Bessette, Jacob White, and Ben Hoen."What to expect when you're expecting engagement: Delivering procedural justice in large-scale solar energy deployment."Energy Research & Social Science
120 (2025). DOI
Schwartz, Lisa C, Natalie Mims Frick, Grace Relf, Ted Light, Josh A Schellenberg, and Alan H Sanstad."Clean Air as a Bonus for Achieving Energy-Related State Goals: A Review of Policies and Programs in 15 States."
(2025).
2024
Seel, Joachim, Mel Moyce, and Sydney Forrester."A Clean Energy Deployment Baseline for the Energy Community and Low-Income Tax Credit Bonuses."
(2024).
Wiser, Ryan H, Robi Nilson, Joseph Rand, and Bentham Paulos."Forecasts for Land-Based Wind Deployment in the United States: Wind Industry Survey Results."
(2024).
Gilbert, Ben, Ben Hoen, and Hannah Gagarin."Distributional Equity in the Employment and Wage Impacts of Energy Transitions."Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists
11 (2024). DOI
Kahrl, Fredrich, Jennie Jorgenson, James Hyungkwan Kim, Lawryn Kiboma, Dev Millstein, Natalie Mims Frick, and Brian Sergi."Solar and Wind Forecast Error Reserve Sharing in a Multi-Utility Region."
(2024).
Seel, Joachim, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Anna Cheyette, Dev Millstein, Will Gorman, Seongeun Jeong, Dana Robson, Rachman Setiawan, and Mark Bolinger."Utility-Scale Solar, 2024 Edition: Empirical Trends in Deployment, Technology, Cost, Performance, PPA Pricing, and Value in the United States."
(2024).
Gorman, Will, Joseph Rand, Nick Manderlink, Anna Cheyette, Mark Bolinger, Joachim Seel, Seongeun Jeong, and Ryan H Wiser."Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Operating and Proposed Plants, 2024 Edition."
(2024).