economy

This paper reviews literature on production cost at the plantgate – without considering taxes or delivery costs – for selected biofuel technology pathways using a levelized cost of fuel approach, applying common financing assumptions for capital amortization and converting all values to year 2016 dollars, and examines results in the current low carbon fuel policy context.

This policy brief summarizes findings from a research project which examined how natural gas infrastructure can be economically and technologically synergistic for natural gas and renewable natural gas in the near term.

This data is from the project, Dynamic Routing for Ridesharing. The data is randomly generated within grids where each unit of the grid represents a 1-mile by 1-mile square. It is used to generate the origins and destinations of passengers.

The market for plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) that primarily include battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) has been rapidly growing in California for the past few years. Given the targets for PEV penetration in the state, it is important to have a better understanding of the pattern of technology diffusion and the factors that are driving the process.

This data supports the project of the same name, which explored how locating charging facilities at California's highway rest stops might impact electricity demand, grid operation, and integration of renewables like solar and wind into California's energy mix.

Researchers critically review the methods used by the Environmental Protection Agency to project near- and long-term compliance costs under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), and draw lessons from the RFS experience to date that would improve the program’s efficiency.

The research report explored the use of High Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes and meeting points in a ride-sharing system where drivers have their own origin and destination.