Research & Results

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Research & Results

Research Programs

Proposals

Offshore Wind:

In early August 2010 the California Energy Commission submitted a response to the USDOE Request for Information on demonstration projects for the DOE Offshore Wind Program. Both Cal-IRES and CWEC contributed to this effort, which is discussed in the Cal-IRES Introduction below.

Research

Renewable Energy Secure Communities (RESCO)

For the 2nd Annual RESCO Experts Symposium held February 22-23, 2011, CEC PIER-funded project teams were asked to provide a two-page updated summary of their project. These will be posted as received.

Subject Terms: RESCO, Renewable Energy, Biomass, Wind Turbines, Solar, Photovoltaics, Fuel Cell, Energy Efficiency, Grid Reliability, Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Community Energy Portfolio, Economic and Financing Models, Energy Resource Optimization Models, Hydroelectric, Energy Security, Wave Energy, Geothermal, Organic Waste Biogas, Geothermal, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Plasma Gasification, Recycled Water Heat Pumps, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Zero Net Energy (ZNE).

As part of the 1st RESCO Experts Symposium held on April 13, 2010, CEC PIER-funded project teams could optionally provide a two-page summary of their project. Many chose to do so and those summaries are provided below.

Subject Terms: RESCO, Renewable Energy, Wind, Solar, Photovoltaics, Fuel Cell, Energy Efficiency, Smart Grid, Energy Storage, Community Energy Portfolio, Hydroelectric, Energy Security, Wave Energy, Geothermal, Organic Waste Biogas, Electric Vehicle Charging Stations.

National Energy Center for Sustainable Communities (NECSC)

Gas Technology Institute (GTI)