ISE Research: Utility of the Future

 
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2144/39109

The electric power industries of the world are shifting from centralized, fossil-based production to more distributed and entirely carbon-free networks. Along with colleagues in the Questrom School of Business, the College of Engineering, and the Frederick S. Pardee Center for the Study of the Longer-Range Future and the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, the Institute plays a global leadership role in this area.

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  • The value of diversifying uncertain renewable generation through the transmission system 

    Van Horn, Kai; Pfeifenberger, Johannes; Ruiz, Pablo (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2020-09)
    A study published by the ISE estimates transmission-related benefits attributable to the geographic diversification of variable renewable generation and loads. The analysis indicates that the benefits of transmission ...

  • Still charging: energy storage commercialization in Massachusetts 

    Marttin, Victor (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2020-05)
    With the mutually reinforcing trends of climate change mitigation and transport electrification, the opportunity for energy storage innovation has never been more apparent. Massachusetts supports a robust community of ...

  • Bringing power and progress to Africa in a financially and environmentally sustainable manner 

    Stuebi, Richard; Adukonu, Edem; Wang, Peishan; Zhang, Ted; Yue, Xin; Ren, Justin (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2020-04)
    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The future of electricity supply and delivery on the continent of Africa represents one of the thorniest challenges facing professionals in the global energy, economics, finance, environmental, ...

  • Multi-user microgrids: obstacles to development and recommendations for advancement 

    Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2018-11)
    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Multi-user microgrids (MUMs) are an emerging approach to electricity service that allows neighboring customers to obtain greater resilience in electricity service, from a set of locally installed ...

  • Assessment of Haiti’s electricity sector 

    Stuebi, Richard; Hatch, Jennifer (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2018-03)
    INTRODUCTION: This report summarizes the current state of the electricity sector in Haiti, to form a knowledge base from which to subsequently evaluate options for how best to increase electricity access in Haiti. Accordingly, ...

  • Assessing the potential for U.S. utility green bonds 

    Lam, Tan; Fox-Penner, Peter; Hatch, Jennifer (Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy, 2019-05)
    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Bonds are the largest single class of financial instrument across the world’s financial markets. Recently, a subclass of these bonds, called green bonds, has emerged in the market place. Green bonds ...