Certificate-Based Approach to Marketing Green Power and Constructing New Wind Energy Facilities: Preprint

Conference · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1260/030952402761699250· OSTI ID:15003222

Blank, E; Bird, L; Swezey, B

The availability of wind energy certificates in Pennsylvania's retail electricity market has made a critical difference in the economic feasibility of developing 140 MW of new wind energy projects in the region. Certificates offer important benefits to both green power suppliers and buyers by reducing transaction barriers and thus lowering the cost of renewable energy. Buyers also benefit through the increased flexibility offered by certificate products. The experience described in this paper offers important insights for selling green power certificates and achieving new wind energy development in other areas of the country.

• Research Organization: National Renewable Energy Lab. (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC36-99-GO10337
• OSTI ID: 15003222
• Report Number(s): NREL/CP-620-32430; TRN: US200422%%13
• Resource Relation: Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 2; Conference: Conference title not supplied, Conference location not supplied, Conference dates not supplied; Other Information: PBD: 1 May 2002; Related Information: Prepared for the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) WindPower 2002 Conference, 2-5 June 2002, Portland, Oregon
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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