Electricity Sales Forecast 2020-2050
This report covers recent trends in Virginia’s electricity demand and then forecasts how Virginia’s electricity demand will change through 2050.
Environment
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Demographics
Delivering practical, policy-oriented analysis of census and demographic data.
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Economics
Examining taxes, economic development, workforce data, and flood resilience.
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Energy
Informing policy through research to facilitate solar development in Virginia.
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Survey Research
Providing full-service survey design, data collection, and report preparation.
Developing a Smart Grid for Virginia
This report explores how smart grid capabilities can enable integration of clean energy resources, energy storage, and demand management technologies as Virginia's policymakers and stakeholders make the transition to clean energy.
Decarbonizing Virginia's Economy
This report explores four strategies for decarbonization in Virginia: efficiency in energy use, eliminating fossil fuels from electricity generation, electrifying transportation services and building energy use, and capturing and sequestering remaining CO2 emissions.
Smoothing the Path to Solar
A report offering case study observations that could inform efforts to create a more predictable, efficient, and timely permitting process for utility-scale solar facility construction in Virginia.
The Soft Costs of Distributed Solar
This study examines the share of soft costs in solar panel installation and offers policy recommendations for lowering the share of soft costs to make solar more competitive.
Clean Dispatchable Power Sources
A review of a set of cost-effective and efficient technologies to help reach a 80-90% carbon-free grid.
Negative Emissions: Deployment Implications
This paper evaluates the impacts and tradeoffs of three distinct types of negative emissions technologies – afforestation, BECCS and DAC – in two emissions pathways to reach 1.5°C.
Food–Energy–Water Implications of Negative Emissions Technologies
A study modelling the potential tradeoffs of negative emissions technologies (NETs), including direct air carbon capture (DAC), on land, energy, water, and food prices globally.
Clean Energy Legislation
This report evaluates existing laws and regulations that are relevant to Virginia’s decarbonization plan.
Emerging Issues in Decentralized Resource Governance
This paper examines current issues in the field of environmental federalism, the perceived theoretical advantages of decentralization versus the specific needs of governments, and the study of complex adaptive socio-ecological systems.