Wednesday, November 28, 2007

Papers citing Papineau (2006), mostly on learning curves in RE tech

Power Generation Technology Choice in the Presence of Climate Policy
http://epubl.ltu.se/1402-1757/2005/76/LTU-LIC-0576-SE.pdf
Thesis from a student at a Swedish university
How will future investments in Swedish power sector be affected by Kyoto protocol carbon pricing policies? Also looks at impacts of technology learning/cost decreases in presence of climate policy.

Choice of Environmental Policy in the Presence of Learning by Doing
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V7G-4J7B118-1&_user=1516330&_coverDate=03%2F31%2F2006&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000053443&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1516330&md5=fe09284bdd3ec97c480ca6151c0a49ac
Entirely model-based; no empirical tests. Concludes that environmental policy should be market based, not regulatory.

Analysis of Energy Technology Change and Associated Costs
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112608246/PDFSTART
Complex mathematical model used to predict when market breakthroughs would happen for several technologies - looks like it might have some good cost info nonetheless.

A methodology for validating the renewable energy data in EU
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V4S-4MHPBN5-2&_user=1516330&_coverDate=10%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000053443&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1516330&md5=6a92e1cfcca67bd2f19408eb8ae581da
Not much new information, but good review of existing methods of evaluating RE implementation.

Empirical challenges in the use of learning curves for assessing the economic prospects of renewable energy technologies
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6V4S-4N5CSJD-1&_user=1516330&_coverDate=12%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=&_orig=search&_sort=d&view=c&_acct=C000053443&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1516330&md5=8aced6dac1fb2f0f8b371fa9078bc10e
Estimates various econometric specifications of LBD models using data on wind installations in 4 European countries.

Learning curves for energy technology: a critical assessment
http://www.electricitypolicy.org.uk/pubs/wp/eprg0723.pdf
Says learning curves have been applied uncritically in past. Paper looks mostly theoretical, but some review of past studies.

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