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My PAPER at WINDPOWER 2008, June 1-4, Houston, TX
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My PRESENTATION at the 2008 European Wind Energy Conference, 31 March-3 April, Brussels. Belgium
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My VISIT to PARIS, 26 March - 15 April 2008
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MY VISIT to Georgetown, CO 5-15 Febrary 2008
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My PAPERS are Cited in Other Published Papers
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MY QUOTE in the Northwestern Alumni Magazine, Winter, 2007
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MY GHG Emissions Papers Will Help You Understand Global Warming
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My PAPER, "The Economics of Storing Wind Electricity as Hydrogen" at WindPower 2007 June 3-6 Los Angeles, CA USA
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My PAPER, "The Technology of Storing Wind Electrcity as Hydrogen" at the European Wind Energy Conference, 7-10 May, 2007, Milan, Italy
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My First BLOG (April 5, 2007) on the New York Times Web Site
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My PAPER at the POWER GEN Renewable Energy and Fuels Conference, March 6-8, 2007, Las Vegas, NV
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My PRESENTATION "Reporting the Wind Story" At the Seminar "Reporting Energy Issues in the Midwest", Sponsored by the Foundation for American Communications, Urbana, IL September 14, 2006
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My ATTENDANCE at SOLAR 2006, July 8-13, 2006, Denver, CO
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My ATTENDANCE at WINDPOWER 2006, June 4-7, 2006, Pittsburgh, PA
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My ATTENDANCE at the AWEA RPS Workshop, March 7-8, 2006, Chicago, IL
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My Letter to the Editor of SPARK, November, 2005
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My "US Energy Sources and Uses" Interview on KYGT, Clear Creek County, CO Public Radio
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My ANSWERS to Certain Questions Concerning Illinois' 2005 Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
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My 2005 COMMENTS to Illinois Commerce Commision Concerning lllinois' Renewable Portfolio Standard
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My October 4 Speech to the Sierra Club, Chicago Group, North Shore Program
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VISIT to Washington, DC 23-30 June 2005
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COMMENTS Quoted in Newspapers or Magazines
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PUBLISHED "Letter to the Editor" in Crain's Chicago Business
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UNPUBLISHED Letters to the Editor
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My PAPER Published in the February, 2005 Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
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My PAPER Published in the August, 2002 Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
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My PAPER World Renewable Energy Conference-VIII, Denver, CO USA, August 29-September 3, 2004
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MY PAPER California Climate Change Center's First Annual Conference on Climate Change, June 9-10, 2004, Sacramento, CA
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My PAPER, National Hydrogen Association 20O4 Convention, April 26-30, 2004, Los Angeles, CA
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MY PAPER-Global WINDPOWER 2004 Conference, Chicago, IL USA, 28-31 March 2004
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MY PAPER-United States Association for Energy Economics-NCAC-Washington, DC, Friday, December 19, 2003
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PAPER-Illinois Economics Association's 33rd Annual Meeting, October 17-18, 2003, Chicago, IL
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PAPER-American Wind Energy Association, WIND 2003 Conference, May 18-21, 2003, Austin, TX
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PAPER-American Solar Energy Society's SOLAR 2003 Conference, June 21-23, 2003, Austin,TX
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MY PAPER-International Solar Energy Society-SOLAR WORLD CONFERENCE 2003-14-19 June 2003,Goteborg, Sweden
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PAPER-European Wind Energy Association-2003 EUROPEAN WIND ENERGY CONFERENCE 16-20 June 2003-Madrid,Spain
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PAPER-National Hydrogen Association's 14th Annual Meeting, March 4-6, 2003, Washington, DC POST CONFERENCE Contact Information
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PAPER, SOLAR 2002, Reno, NV, June 15-20, 2002 POST CONFERENCE Contact Information
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MY PAPER, Global Windpower 2002 Conference, Paris, France, April 2-5, 2002 POST CONFERENCE Contact Information
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My Paper, RIO '02 CONFERENCE--ENERGY POLICIES AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE January, 2002 RIO de JANEIRO, BRAZIL--POST Conference Contact Information
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My Picture Gallery-I
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RENEWABLE ENERGY INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITES
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Renewable Energy Investment Opportunities
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SPECIALIZATIONS
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Buying Electricity and Natural Gas in Illinois' Competitive Energy Market
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Large (=> 1 MW) Wind Projects
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Small Wind (< 1 MW) Projects
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The Kyoto Protocol and Emissions Trading
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Solar Thermal Projects
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PV (Photovoltaic) Projects
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Hybrid, Electric, Hydrogen and Alternative Fuel Vehicles
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Microturbines & Distributed Generation Projects
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PUBLISHED PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
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Abstracts of My Published Papers and Presentations
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Complimentary Copy of my Article in the June, 2002 Issue of the Northern Solar SUN
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Frequently Asked Questions
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My PAPER at WINDPOWER 2008, June 1-4, Houston, TX
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Michael Stavy
Consulting Energy Economist
312.832.1631
432 North Clark Street
Suite 204
Chicago, Illinois USA 60610
michaelstavy@covad.net
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My Paper, Carbon Emission Controls Reduce the Cost Advantage of Fossil Over Wind Electricity, will be presented at the WINDPOWER 2008 Conference & Exhibition, June 1-4, Houston, TX.
Abstract
Burning fossil fuel (coal, natural gas, fuel oil) to generate electricity creates carbon. Wind generated electricity has no carbon emissions. Carbon emissions are causing global warming. The implantation of a Kyoto Protocol like mandatory US carbon emission reduction program will reduce global warming by reducing US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. A US carbon reduction program will add the cost of carbon emission controls to the cost of generating fossil fuel electricity. A mandatory US carbon reduction program is, therefore, a great benefit to the wind industry because it will reduce the relative cost advantage of fossil electricity. This paper examines the potential US carbon emission reduction architectures (cap and control, cap and trade, carbon tax) to determine which architecture will cause the greatest reduction in the relative cost advantage that fossil electricity now has over wind electricity and which architecture has the greatest chance of being accepted in Washington. The paper examines each architecture’s significant structural components (the details). For the carbon tax, it is the definition of the tax base; tm- CO2/tm-fossil fuel or tm- CO2/MWh. For cap and trade, the most popular architecture, they are auctioning verse the assignment of carbon emission units and banking. For cap and command, it is setting up of an efficient command structure. The result is a “fact sheet” comparing the three emission control architectures and a determination of which architecture gives the greatest reduction in fossil fuel’s relative cost advantage. A mandatory US carbon emission reduction program increases wind electricity's economic position.
To learn more about WINDPOWER 2008 go to http://www.windpowerexpo.org/index.cfm My paper will be included in the WINDPOWER 2008 proceedings.
MY GHG Emissions Papers Will Help You Understand Global Warming. To download the abstracts for these papers go to MY GHG Emissions Papers Will Help You Understand Global Warming Current Fact About Carbon Emissions “Viewed another way, last year’s [2007] carbon dioxide increase means 2.4 molecules of the gas were added to every million molecules of air, boosting the global concentration to nearly 385 parts per million (ppm). Pre-industrial carbon dioxide levels hovered around 280 ppm until 1850. Human activities pushed those levels up to 380 ppm by early 2006.” US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Website, Carbon Dioxide, Methane Rise Sharply in 2007, http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20080423_methane.html Dated: April 23, 2008; Accessed: April 24, 2008
If you would like to discuss US carbon emission controls, the Kyoto Protocol economics or wind economics, make an appointment. We can meet in Houston, at my office in Chicago, at my western US "office” in Georgetown, CO or in Europe (Brussells or Paris). I will be in Europe during March and April, 2008. To contact me go to My Contact Information
20 February 2008  Illinois' Mendota Hills Wind Plant when it was under construction Source: Michael Stavy Photo Collection
Black ink illustration of wind turbines located along I-10, San Gorgonio Pass, San Bernardino Mountains, Palm Springs, CA. Used with permission of the artist: Christine BOIRY
Michael Stavy, Member AWEA
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