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Energy Technologies Area (ETA) researchers are continually building on the strong scientific foundation we have developed over the past 50 years. We address the world’s most pressing scientific challenges across the buildings, transportation, and industrial sectors. ETA is at the forefront of improving the country's aging electrical grid and innovating distributed energy and storage solutions; developing grid-integrated building systems; and providing the most comprehensive market and data analysis worldwide.
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The Energy Technologies Area (ETA) is unique in translating fundamental scientific discoveries into scalable technology adoption. Our approach combines an understanding of the marketplace and the role of state and federal regulation and policies. ETA's research drives real-world, practical results that affect and improve the everyday lives of Americans and those across the globe. Saving energy and increasing reliability are key to the foundation of our research, which is driven by techno-economic analysis and in-lab experimentation and discovery.

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2020

O'Shaughnessy, Eric, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser."Patience is a virtue: A data-driven analysis of rooftop solar PV permitting timelines in the United States."Energy Policy 144 (2020). DOI

Barbose, Galen L, and Andrew Satchwell."Benefits and costs of a utility-ownership business model for residential rooftop solar photovoltaics."Nature Energy (2020). DOI

Darghouth, Naïm R, James McCall, David Keyser, and Alexandra Aznar."Distributed Photovoltaic Economic Impact Analysis in Indonesia." (2020).

2019

Satchwell, Andrew, Peter Cappers, Javier Reneses, Will Gorman, and Greg Leventis."Financial Impacts of Net-Metered DPV on a Prototypical Western Utility’s Shareholders and Ratepayers." (2019).

Darghouth, Naïm R, Galen L Barbose, and Andrew D Mills."Implications of Rate Design for the Customer-Economics of Behind-the-Meter Storage." (2019).

Satchwell, Andrew, Peter Cappers, and Galen L Barbose."Current Developments in Retail Rate Design: Implications for Solar and Other Distributed Energy Resources." (2019).

Schneider, Kevin, Juliet Homer, and Galen L Barbose."Utah Public Service Commission Workshop on Distributed-Solar Grid Impacts." (2019).

Chaianong, Aksornchan, Athikom Bangviwat, Christoph Menke, and Naïm R Darghouth."Cost–Benefit Analysis of Rooftop PV Systems on Utilities and Ratepayers in Thailand."Energies 12.12 (2019). DOI

2018

Cappers, Peter, Annika Todd-Blick, and Greg Leventis."Uses for Smart Meter Data Webinar Series." (2018).

Gagnon, Pieter, Galen L Barbose, Brady Stoll, Ali Ehlen, Jarett Zuboy, Trieu Mai, and Andrew D Mills."Estimating the Value of Improved Distributed Photovoltaic Adoption Forecasts for Utility Resource Planning." (2018).

Satchwell, Andrew, and Peter Cappers."Evolving Grid Services, Products, and Market Opportunities for Regulated Electric Utilities." (2018).

Potter, Jennifer, Elizabeth Stuart, and Peter Cappers."Barriers and Opportunities to Broader Adoption of Integrated Demand Side Management at Electric Utilities: A Scoping Study." (2018).

Satchwell, Andrew, Peter Cappers, and Charles A Goldman."Customer bill impacts of energy efficiency and net-metered photovoltaic system investments."Utilities Policy 50 (2018) 144-152. DOI

2017

Thakur, Jagruti, Sebastian Rauner, Naïm R Darghouth, and Basab Chakraborty."Exploring the impact of increased solar deployment levels on residential electricity bills in India."Renewable Energy 120.May 2018 (2017) 512-523. DOI

Tongsopit, Sopitsuda, Owen R Zinaman, and Naïm R Darghouth."Understanding the Impact of Distributed Photovoltaic Adoption on Utility Revenues and Retail Electricity Tariffs in Thailand." (2017).

Zinaman, Owen R, Alexandra Aznar, Carl Linvill, Naïm R Darghouth, Timon Dubbeling, and Emanuele Bianco."Grid-Connected Distributed Generation: Compensation Mechanism Basics." (2017).

Gagnon, Pieter, Anand Govindarajan, Lori Bird, Galen L Barbose, Naïm R Darghouth, and Andrew D Mills."Solar + Storage Synergies for Managing Commercial-Customer Demand Charges." (2017).

Darghouth, Naïm R, Galen L Barbose, Andrew D Mills, Ryan H Wiser, Pieter Gagnon, and Lori Bird."Exploring Demand Charge Savings from Commercial Solar." (2017).

Satchwell, Andrew, Peter Cappers, and Charles A Goldman."Financial Impacts of a Combined Energy Efficiency and Net-Metered PV Portfolio on a Prototypical Northeast Utility." (2017).

Darghouth, Naïm R, Galen L Barbose, Andrew D Mills, Ryan H Wiser, Pieter Gagnon, and Lori Bird."Exploring Demand Charge Savings from Residential Solar." (2017).

Barbose, Galen L."Putting the Potential Rate Impacts of Distributed Solar into Context." (2017).

2016

Stukel, Laura, Ben Hoen, Sandra Adomatis, Craig Foley, and Laura Parsons."Capturing the Sun: A Roadmap for Navigating Data-Access Challenges and Auto-Populating Solar Home Sales Listings." (2016).

Mills, Andrew D, Galen L Barbose, Joachim Seel, Changgui Dong, Trieu Mai, Ben Sigrin, and Jarett Zuboy."Planning for a Distributed Disruption: Innovative Practices for Incorporating Distributed Solar into Utility Planning." (2016).

Darghouth, Naïm R, Ryan H Wiser, Galen L Barbose, and Andrew D Mills."Net metering and market feedback loops: Exploring the impact of retail rate design on distributed PV deployment."Applied Energy 162 (2016). DOI

2015

Darghouth, Naïm R, Ryan H Wiser, Galen L Barbose, and Andrew D Mills."Net Metering and Market Feedback Loops: Exploring the Impact of Retail Rate Design on Distributed PV Deployment." (2015).