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DOE OSTI2018

Economic Assessment of Federal Scientific Programs

An important aspect of ensuring national security is state regulation of industry through federal institutes. In view of the scale of the threats to Russia’s national security, the constraints on federal resources, and the critical state of industrial enterprises, it is important to review the strategy and tools of state regulation. In particular, a change in orientation is required, with a focus on novel and nontraditional organizational and economic programs and with cross-financing of defense and civilian projects. However, that is associated with changes not only in the procedures for assessing the effectiveness of such programs but also in the concept of effectiveness itself. Accordingly, it is necessary to deal with a set of concepts and characteristics of effectiveness and also to develop basic procedures for the assessment of effectiveness. That reduces to assessing the expected results of an innovative project and the effectiveness of its implementation. A method for generating such predictive estimates is proposed.

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS↗
NASA NTRS2019

Cost Controls in the Cloud

The pay-as-you-go model used by most Cloud Service Providers shifts ownership of resource procurement from finance and management teams to IT, engineering, development and other stakeholders. This requires individual contributors to adopt a more "cost conscious" approach to development, and for projects to invest time into the creation of automated cost controls and cost-focused monitoring. This talk will presents some patterns and examples of cost controls based on our experience managing a multi-tenant cloud environment.

circuit breaker↗
DOE OSTI2011

Overview of Nuclear Energy: Present and Projected Use

Several factors will influence the contribution of nuclear energy to the future energy mix. Among them, the most important are the degree of global commitment to greenhouse gas reduction, continued vigilance in safety and safeguards, technological advances, economic competitiveness and innovative financing arrangements for new nuclear power plant constructions, the implementation of nuclear waste disposal, and, last but not least, public perception, information and education. The paper presents an overview of the current nuclear energy situation, possible development scenarios, of reactor technology, and of non-electric applications of nuclear energy.

22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS↗
DOE OSTI2012

Benchmarking Soft Costs for PV Systems in the United States (Presentation)

This paper presents results from the first U.S. based data collection effort to quantify non-hardware, business process costs for PV systems at the residential and commercial scales, using a bottom-up approach. Annual expenditure and labor hour productivity data are analyzed to benchmark business process costs in the specific areas of: (1) customer acquisition; (2) permitting, inspection, andinterconnection; (3) labor costs of third party financing; and (4) installation labor.

14 SOLAR ENERGY↗
DOE OSTI2012

P50/P90 Analysis for Solar Energy Systems Using the System Advisor Model: Preprint

To secure competitive financing for a solar energy generation project, the economic risk associated with interannual solar resource variability must be quantified. One way to quantify this risk is to calculate exceedance probabilities representing the amount of energy expected to be produced by a plant. Many years of solar radiation and metereological data are required to determine these values,often called P50 or P90 values for the level of certainty they represent. This paper describes the two methods implemented in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's System Advisor Model (SAM) to calculate P50 and P90 exceedance probabilities for solar energy projects. The methodology and supporting data sets are applicable to photovoltaic, solar water heating, and concentrating solar power(CSP) systems.

14 SOLAR ENERGY↗
DOE OSTI2012

Clean Energy Solutions Center (Presentation)

The Clean Energy Ministerial launched the Clean Energy Solutions Center in April, 2011 for major economy countries, led by Australia and U.S. with other CEM partners. Partnership with UN-Energy is extending scope to support all developing countries: 1. Enhance resources on policies relating to energy access, small to medium enterprises (SMEs), and financing programs; 2. Offer expert policy assistance to all countries; 3. Expand peer to peer learning, training, and deployment and policy data for developing countries.

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATI↗
DOE OSTI2012

Grid Parity for Residential Photovoltaics in the United States: Key Drivers and Sensitivities; Preprint

In this report, we analyze PV break-even costs for U.S. residential customers. We evaluate some key drivers of grid parity both regionally and over time. We also examine the impact of moving from flat to time-of-use (TOU) rates, and we evaluate individual components of the break-even cost, including effect of rate structure and various incentives. Finally, we examine how PV markets might evolveon a regional basis considering the sensitivity of the break-even cost to four major drivers: technical performance, financing parameters, electricity prices and rates, and policies. We find that electricity price rather than technical parameters are in general the key drivers of the break-even cost of PV. Additionally, this analysis provides insight about the potential viability of PV markets.

14 SOLAR ENERGY↗
DOE OSTI2012

Infrastructure Analysis Tools: A Focus on Cash Flow Analysis (Presentation)

NREL has developed and maintains a variety of infrastructure analysis models for the U.S. Department of Energy. Business case analysis has recently been added to this tool set. This presentation focuses on cash flow analysis. Cash flows depend upon infrastructure costs, optimized spatially and temporally, and assumptions about financing and revenue. NREL has incorporated detailed metrics onfinancing and incentives into the models. Next steps in modeling include continuing to collect feedback on regional/local infrastructure development activities and 'roadmap' dynamics, and incorporating consumer preference assumptions on infrastructure to provide direct feedback between vehicles and station rollout.

08 HYDROGEN↗
DOE OSTI2015

Power Systems of the Future: A 21st Century Power Partnership Thought Leadership Report (Fact Sheet)

Powerful trends in technology, policy environments, financing, and business models are driving change in power sectors globally. In light of these trends, the question is no longer whether power systems will be transformed, but rather how these transformations will occur. Power Systems of the Future, a thought leadership report from the 21st Century Power Partnership, explores these pathways explores actions that policymakers and regulators can take to encourage desired power system outcomes.

24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION↗
DOE OSTI2016

Emerging Wind Energy Opportunities in the Federal Sector

Robi Robichaud made this presentation as part of an Energy Technology session at the Energy Exchange event, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The presentation discusses a wind energy industry update, technology trends, financing options at federal facilities, and creative approaches for developing wind projects at federal facilities.

17 WIND ENERGY↗
DOE OSTI2017

Assessment of Needs for Further Research to Understand the Role of Governments in Supporting Geothermal Exploration

This paper looks at financing barriers to geothermal resource exploration in the United States (U.S.) for electricity generation projects and analyzes why the market is not developing as quickly as foreign geothermal markets or as quickly as other renewable energy technologies in the U.S. Research opportunities and approaches to understanding these discrepancies are discussed, particularly whether government policies and programs are spurring development activities. Further analysis to understand policies, programmatic cost efficiencies, potential project revenues, and other economic impacts are recommended together with the preliminary conclusions.

15 GEOTHERMAL ENERGY↗
DOE OSTI2018

The Evolving Market Structure of the U.S. Residential Solar PV Installation Industry, 2000-2016

Market structure refers to the number of firms and the distribution of market shares among firms within an industry. In The Evolving Market Structure of the U.S. Residential Solar PV Installation Industry, 2000-2016, we examine market structure in the context of residential solar PV. We find that over 8,000 companies have installed at least one residential PV system, with about 2,900 companies active in 2016. The majority of residential PV installers are relatively small companies, with about half of installers installing fewer than five systems. At the same time, a subset of high-volume installers accumulated market share, especially beginning around 2010 with the emergence of alternative customer financing options.

14 SOLAR ENERGY↗
DOE OSTI2015

Parking Ramp Solar Array in Healthcare

This case study describes how Gundersen Health System installed solar photovoltaic (PV) panels covering the parking ramp at its Gundersen Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin. It talks about how The hospital financed the project using upfront capital and a state grant.

Commercial, healthcare, parking ramp, parking, sol↗
DOE OSTI2017

Establishing Green Revolving Funds in Healthcare

This case study describes Cleveland Clinic’s use of a $7.5 million Green Revolving Fund, which preserves dedicated financing for energy performance improvements, alleviating budget pressures and avoiding competition with other departments for capital.

green revolving fund, financing, capital, healthca↗
DOE OSTI2020

Building the Financial Business Case for Resilience

This fact sheet is designed to help owners, operators, occupants, and investors in commercial buildings and other sectors to understand and address emerging issues in resilience. It includes resources from DOE’s Better Buildings Financing and Resilience Roadmap to identify key issues in measuring, managing, and mitigating resilience risk.

Resilience, Resiliency, Commercial building, comme↗
DOE OSTI2022

Flexible Financial Credit Agreements: Solar Revenues to Retire Arrears

Flexible Financial Credit Agreements is a broad term used to describe a suite of solar products with innovative features not currently offered in traditional solar financing programs. This brief focuses on the Solar Revenues To Retire Arrears model, in which utilities utilize solar revenues to retire utility debts for customers behind on payments.

community solar↗