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  • Microgrids and the Transition Toward Decentralized Energy Systems in the United States: A Multi-Level Perspective

    Creator:
    Ajaz, Warda
    Abstract:
    The last decade has seen a drastic interest in microgrids throughout the world. Even though this trend might seem to be just another technological solution in the energy sector, it is a part of a greater transition from a centralized energy system to a more decentralized one. However, unlike most...
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    Dissertation
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    the Transition Toward Decentralized Energy Systems in the United States: A Multi-Level Perspective

  • Wind Energy in Klickitat County, Washington

    Creator:
    Grandolfo, Joseph D.
    Abstract:
    Wind energy has widespread public support; nevertheless, the emergence of local support or opposition in response to siting proposals is often unpredictable. Uncertainty surrounding a community’s response is problematic for both the company planning the project and for states pursuing policies for expanded development and use of renewable energy. Given...
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    Capstone Project
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    factors. Given the policy priorities of Washington State and the United States more broadly, deeper

  • The supply and demand of university agricultural biotechnology research

    Creator:
    Yang, Hui
    Abstract:
    The objectives and characteristics of university biotechnology research, including its applicability to such industries as agriculture and food processing, arise from formal and informal linkages among university scientists, public and private-nonprofit funding sources, and industry. In the present study I develop, specify, and estimate a model of the supply and...
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    Dissertation
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    DISSERTATION submitted to Oregon State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree

  • The Power of Choice : How Certain Policies Encourage Renewable Energy Development

    Creator:
    Aljets, Paul
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    Despite a great deal of attention paid to state renewable energy potential, there has been relatively little research on specific energy policies and their effect on the generation of renewable energy. This study seeks greater understanding of the state energy policies and how they individually affect the generation of wind,...
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    Capstone Project
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    ., & Hockett, S. U.S. Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Labs. (2009). State of the states 2009

  • The Missing Link: Use of Renewable Energy Codification in U.S. Cities

    Creator:
    Mathur, Shivani
    Abstract:
    Cities of the world today house more than half the world’s population, contribute to 80 percent of the global GDP, consume approximately 70 percent of the global energy and produce 70 percent of the greenhouse gases produced worldwide (Floater et al., 2014; Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, 2014). City governments...
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    Capstone Project
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    solar, geothermal, waste to energy, cogeneration, and biofuels (The United States Conference of Mayors

  • Wind Energy Siting in Kittitas County, Washington

    Creator:
    Naimoli, Stephen
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    Increasing renewable energy development is often seen as an essential tool for combating global climate change, yet despite widespread support in theory, renewable energy often faces problems at the implementation stage. In the state of Washington, where voters have expressed a desire for greater renewable energy by mandating that 15%...
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    Capstone Project
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    ). Because the United States and the state of Washington do not enable state repression in energy siting

  • The relationship between vehicle miles traveled and economic activity

    Creator:
    Eckstein, Nathan
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    Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) in the U.S. have exhibited an upward trend over time similar to that observed for GDP and personal income. While conventional wisdom suggests that economic growth leads to more driving and thus higher VMT, it is theoretically possible that the causation could also be the other...
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    Masters Thesis
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    percent increase over a 28 year period. The U.S. Department of Energy predicts VMT to increase by 59

  • Assessing Mercury Levels, Health Metrics, and Immune Function in Non-stranded Male California and Steller Sea Lions in Oregon

    Creator:
    Rae, Samantha N.
    Abstract:
    California and Steller sea lions (Zalophus californianus, Eumetopias jubatus, respectively) are considered sentinel species because they have long life spans, are long-term coastal residents, feed at high trophic levels, and have large blubber stores that serve as depots for anthropogenic toxicants. There are few studies on sea lion health and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Bonneville Dam has been monitored by United States Army Corps of Engineers biologists for over a decade and

  • A Sticky Problem: Identifying the Barriers to the Adoption of Fats, Oils, and Grease as an Energy Feedstock in Oregon

    Creator:
    Davidson, Ian T.
    Abstract:
    This study investigates the barriers faced by fats, oil, and grease (FOG) as an energy feedstock in the state of Oregon. FOG, which typically originates in food service establishments (FSEs), historically has been treated as waste, yet it also has the chemical make up to be an energy feedstock in...
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    Capstone Project
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  • Community Mobilization in Support and Opposition of Wind Energy Development: Evidence from Wasco and Sherman Counties, Oregon

    Creator:
    Karmazina, Anna
    Abstract:
    Despite widespread public support for renewable energy development, the siting of wind energy facilities can prove problematic due to opposition from surrounding communities. I propose a unifying framework to explain community response to wind energy development – showing how concepts from environmental sociology related to local biophysical and socioeconomic conditions...
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    Capstone Project
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    Agriculture (NIFA), United States Department of Agriculture (2013-2016).   2   Master of Public