Environmental Benefits and Costs

Workgroup

Environmental Benefits & Costs Forum
October 8, 2008
Washington, DC

Presentations

I. Energy / Capacity Expansion Models: U.S.-Focused

• Renewable Energy and Efficiency Modeling Analysis Partnership (REMAP): How Different Modeling Approaches Address a Common Renewable Energy Penetration Scenario
  Thomas Jenkin, NREL, on behalf of REMAP participants
• Energy Market and Economic Impacts of S. 2191, the Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007 – DOE National Energy Modeling System (DOE EIA NEMS)
  Chris Namovicz, Department of Energy, Energy Information Administration
• The 20% Wind Energy by 2030 Study and the WinDS/ReEDS Model
  Walter Short, NREL
• Wind and Other Renewable Technology Assumptions in EPA’s 2008 IPM Base Case
  Elliot Lieberman, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
• The Economic Characterization of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies within a Modeling Framework: Insights from the DEEPER Model
  Skip Laitner, ACEEE
• The Role of Wind in a Climate Constrained World: Analysis with the MiniCAM Model
  Steve Smith, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Role of Renewable Energy in a Sustainable Generation Portfolio (NESSIE)
  Tom Key, EPRI

II. Other Models & Studies

• Life Cycle Assessment
  Maggie Mann, NREL
• The Comparative Effects to Wildlife from Wind Power to Other Forms of Electricity Generation: A Life-Cycle Analysis (NYSERDA)
  Christian Newman, Pandion Systems & Greg Lampman, NYSERDA

Briefings

Presentation on the National Research Council’s report, “Hidden Costs of Energy: Unpriced Consequences of Energy Production and Use”
August 24, 2010

Webcast Review of Energy Solutions to Global Warming, Air Pollution, and Energy Security 
February 10, 2009