Wind

2019

Wiser, Ryan H, Mark Bolinger, and Eric Lantz. Benchmarking Wind Power Operating Costs in the United States: Results from a Survey of Wind Industry Experts. 2019.

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Riva, Alberto Dalla, János Hethey, Silke Lüers, Anna-Kathrin Wallasch, Knud Rehfeldt, Aidan Duffy, David Edward Weir, Maria Stenkvist, Andreas Uihlein, Tyler Stehly, Eric Lantz, and Ryan H Wiser. IEA Wind TCP Task 26‒Wind Technology, Cost, and Performance Trends in Denmark, Germany, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, the European Union, and the United States: 2008‒2016. Ed. Hand, M Maureen. 2019.
Smith, Kevin J, and Dayton Griffin. Supersized Wind Turbine Blade Study: R&D Pathways for Supersized Wind Turbine Blades. 2019.

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2018

Wiser, Ryan H, and Mark Bolinger. 2017 Wind Technologies Market Report. 2018.

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Hübner, Gundula, Johannes Pohl, Ben Hoen, Jeremy Firestone, Debi Elliott, and Joseph Rand. "Comparing Strongly Annoyed Individuals Near Wind Power Projects In U.S. and Europe." 2018.

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Griffin, Dayton. Creating Pathways to Success for Supersized Wind Turbine Blades: 2018 Workshop Summary Report. 2018.

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Hoen, Ben, Jeremy Firestone, Joseph Rand, Debi Elliott, Gundula Hübner, Johannes Pohl, Ryan H Wiser, and Eric Lantz. "Do Wind Turbines Make Good Neighbors? Results from a Nationwide Survey of Residents Living Near U.S. Wind Power Projects." 2018.

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Mills, Andrew D, Dev Millstein, Seongeun Jeong, Luke Lavin, Ryan H Wiser, and Mark Bolinger. "Estimating the Value of Offshore Wind Along the United States’ Eastern Coast." (2018).

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Haac, Ryan, Matt Landis, Ken Kaliski, Ben Hoen, Joseph Rand, Jeremy Firestone, Gundula Hübner, Johannes Pohl, and Debi Elliott. "Exploring the prediction of wind turbine audibility and sound annoyance with A-weighted sound levels." 2018.

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2017

Moné, Christopher, M Maureen Hand, Mark Bolinger, Joseph Rand, Donna Heimiller, and Jonathan Ho. 2015 Cost of Wind Energy Review. 2017. LBNL-1007296.

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Wiser, Ryan H, and Mark Bolinger. 2016 Wind Technologies Market Report. 2017. LBNL-2001042.

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Bolinger, Mark. Bookending the Opportunity to Lower Wind’s LCOE by Reducing the Uncertainty Surrounding Annual Energy Production. 2017. LBNL-2001028.

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Wiser, Ryan H, Andrew D Mills, Joachim Seel, Todd Levin, and Audun Botterud. Impacts of Variable Renewable Energy on Bulk Power System Assets, Pricing, and Costs. 2017. LBNL-2001082.

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Mills, Andrew D, Ryan H Wiser, and Joachim Seel. Power Plant Retirements: Trends and Possible Drivers. 2017. LBNL-2001083.

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Firestone, Jeremy, Ben Hoen, Joseph Rand, Debi Elliott, Gundula Hübner, and Johannes Pohl. "Reconsidering Barriers to Wind Power Projects: Community Engagement, Developer Transparency and Place." Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (2017) 1-17.

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Millstein, Dev, Ryan H Wiser, Mark Bolinger, and Galen L Barbose. "The climate and air-quality benefits of wind and solar power in the United States." Nature Energy 2 (2017).

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Millstein, Dev, Ryan H Wiser, Mark Bolinger, and Galen L Barbose. The Health and Environmental Benefits of Wind and Solar Energy in the United States, 2007-2015. 2017.

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Mai, Trieu, Eric Lantz, Matthew Mowers, and Ryan H Wiser. The Value of Wind Technology Innovation: Implications for the U.S. Power System, Wind Industry, Electricity Consumers, and Environment. 2017.
Rand, Joseph, and Ben Hoen. "Thirty years of North American wind energy acceptance research: What have we learned?." Energy Research & Social Science 29.July 2017 (2017) 135-148.

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2016

Wiser, Ryan H, and Mark Bolinger. 2015 Wind Technologies Market Report. Trans. Barbose, Galen L, Naïm R Darghouth, Ben Hoen, Andrew D Mills, Joseph Rand, Dev Millstein, Kevin Porter, Rebecca Widiss, Frank Oteri, Suzanne Tegen, and Tian Tian. 2016. LBNL-1005951.

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Wiser, Ryan H, Karen Jenni, Joachim Seel, Erin Baker, M Maureen Hand, Eric Lantz, and Aaron Smith. "Expert elicitation survey on future wind energy costs." Nature Energy 1.10 (2016) 16135.

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Wiser, Ryan H, Karen Jenni, Joachim Seel, Erin Baker, M Maureen Hand, Eric Lantz, and Aaron Smith. Forecasting Wind Energy Costs and Cost Drivers: The Views of the World’s Leading Experts. 2016. LBNL-1005717.

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Lantz, Eric, Trieu Mai, Ryan H Wiser, and Venkat Krishnan. "Long-term implications of sustained wind power growth in the United States: Direct electric system impacts and costs." Applied Energy 179.1 October 2016 (2016) 832-846. LBNL-1005952.
Wiser, Ryan H, Mark Bolinger, Garvin A Heath, David Keyser, Eric Lantz, Jordan Macknick, Trieu Mai, and Dev Millstein. "Long-term implications of sustained wind power growth in the United States: Potential benefits and secondary impacts." Applied Energy 179.1 October 2016 (2016) 146-158. LBNL-1005834.

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Lamy, Julian V, Paulina Jaramillo, Inês Lima Azevedo, and Ryan H Wiser. "Should we build wind farms close to load or invest in transmission to access better wind resources in remote areas? A case study in the MISO region." Energy Policy 96.September 2016 (2016) 341-350. LBNL-1005781.

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