TY - GEN
T1 - Quantifying state-policy incentives for the renewable energy investor
AU - Sukumar, Sreenivas R.
AU - Shankar, Mallikarjun
AU - Olama, Mohammed
AU - Hadley, Stanton
AU - Protopopescu, Vladimir
AU - Malinchik, Sergey
AU - Ives, Barry
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - In this paper, we describe an approach to quantify state-level renewable energy policies for a decision maker/investor. We describe the construction of a computational module - a rule-based system - to evaluate state incentives and their impacts on renewable energy investment. We aim to quantify the policy bias of states towards renewable technologies and identify profitable markets for investment, both long- and short-term. We also present how the ability to estimate the expected return from tax credits and incentives for a proposed project can be included while strategizing investment in large renewable energy generation projects.
AB - In this paper, we describe an approach to quantify state-level renewable energy policies for a decision maker/investor. We describe the construction of a computational module - a rule-based system - to evaluate state incentives and their impacts on renewable energy investment. We aim to quantify the policy bias of states towards renewable technologies and identify profitable markets for investment, both long- and short-term. We also present how the ability to estimate the expected return from tax credits and incentives for a proposed project can be included while strategizing investment in large renewable energy generation projects.
KW - Computational policy
KW - Renewable energy incentives
KW - State policy incentives
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=78650102601&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618006
DO - 10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618006
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:78650102601
SN - 9781424452866
T3 - 2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings
SP - 386
EP - 391
BT - 2010 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010 - Proceedings
T2 - 2010 2nd IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2010
Y2 - 12 September 2010 through 16 September 2010
ER -