Utilizing GIS to examine the relationship between state renewable portfolio standards and the adoption of renewable energy technologies

Authors

Chelsea Schelly, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Jessica Price, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-24-2013

Abstract

In the United States, there is no comprehensive energy policy at the federal level. To address issues as diverse as climate change, energy security, and economic development, individual states have increasingly implemented Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPSs), which mandate that utility providers include a specified amount of electricity from renewable energy sources in their total energy portfolios. Some states have included incentives for individual energy technologies in their RPS, such as solar electric (also called photovoltaic or PV technology). Here, we use GIS to visualize adoption of RPSs and electricity generation from renewable energy sources in the US and examine changes in renewable electricity and solar electric generation over time with the goal of informing future policies aimed at promoting the adoption of renewable energy technologies.

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© 2014 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Publisher's version of record: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijgi3010001

Publication Title

International Journal of Geo-Information

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

Recommended Citation

Schelly, C., & Price, J. (2013). Utilizing GIS to examine the relationship between state renewable portfolio standards and the adoption of renewable energy technologies. International Journal of Geo-Information, 3(1), 1-17. http://doi.org/10.3390/ijgi3010001
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