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Buying Electricity and Natural Gas in Illinois' Competitive Energy Market
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Developing Large (> 1 MW) Wind Projects
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My Papers on Climate Change

GHG Emissions Papers Will Help You Understand Climate Change
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Designing a COP 17 Kyoto Protocol Climate Change Mitigation Treaty
cap and trade; Kyoto Protocol; carbon tax

Consulting on Climate Change Mitigation, COP 17, the Kyoto Protocol, Carbon Trading and the Carbon Tax
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Developing Solar Thermal Projects
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ABSTRACTS FOR ALL PUBLISHED PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS

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Abstracts of Michael STAVY'S Published Papers and Presentations
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PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Warsaw was Interesting

PRESENTATION at the EWEC 2010, Warsaw, Poland, 20-23 April
Nice seeing you in Chicago

CHICAGO EDITION of my 2009 EWEC Paper. EWEC Marseille, France 16 - 19 March 2009
Nice meeting with you in Marseille

PRESENTATION at the EWEC 2009 Marseille, France 16 - 19 March 2009
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Paper at the 2009 Michigan Wind Conference 3-4 March 2009, Cobo Hall, Detroit, MI
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PRESENTATION at the 2008 Latin American Wind Energy Conference, November 5-7, Guadalajara, MX
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PRESENTATION at WINDPOWER 2008, June 1-4, Houston, TX
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PRESENTATION at the 2008 European Wind Energy Conference, 31 March-3 April, Brussels. Belgium
Nice seeing you in LA

PAPER, "The Economics of Storing Wind Electricity as Hydrogen" at WindPower 2007 June 3-6 Los Angeles, CA USA
Kellogg Graduate School of Management Class of 1969

QUOTED in the Northwestern Alumni Magazine, Winter, 2007
Storing Wind Electricity as Hydrogen

PAPER "The Technology of Storing Wind Electrcity as Hydrogen" at the European Wind Energy Conference, 7-10 May, 2007, Milan, Italy
Storing Wind Electricity as Hydrogen

PAPER at the POWER GEN Renewable Energy and Fuels Conference, March 6-8, 2007, Las Vegas, NV
Spoke to Reporters

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
Spark, November 2005

Letter to the Editor of SPARK, November, 2005
Clear Creek Public Radio

"US Energy Sources and Uses" October 29, 2005 Interview on KYGT, Clear Creek County, CO Public Radio
Illinois’ Voluntary Renewable Portfolio Standard

MY 2005 COMMENTS to Illinois Commerce Commision Concerning lllinois' Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

MY ANSWERS to Certain Questions Concerning Illinois' 2005 RPS (Renewable Portfolio Standard)
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My 4 October 2005 Speech to the Sierra Club, Chicago Group, North Shore Program
Quoted Comments

COMMENTS Quoted in Newspapers or Magazines
Chicago Skyline

PUBLISHED "January 3, 2005 Letter to the Editor" in Crain's Chicago Business
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering

PAPER "Carbon Content of Hydrogen Vehicle Fuel" in the February, 2005 Journal of Solar Energy Engineering
The Cost of Wind Electricity

PAPER "Worksheet to Compute the Cost Wind Electricity", World Renewable Energy Conference-VIII, Denver, CO USA, August 29-September 3, 2004
Fuel Cell Vehicle

PAPER California Climate Change Center's First Annual Conference on Climate Change, June 9-10, 2004, Sacramento, CA
Fuel Cell Vehicle

PAPER, National Hydrogen Association 20O4 Convention, April 26-30, 2004, Los Angeles, CA
Paper on Kyoto Protocol

PAPER-Global WINDPOWER 2004 Conference, Chicago, IL USA, 28-31 March 2004
Levelized Cost and Carbon Content of Hydrogen Vehicle Fuel

PAPER-United States Association for Energy Economics-NCAC-Washington, DC, Friday, December 19, 2003
Fuel Cell Vehicle

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
Fuel Cell Vehicle

PAPER-American Solar Energy Society's SOLAR 2003 Conference, June 21-23, 2003, Austin,TX
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PAPER-International Solar Energy Society-SOLAR WORLD CONFERENCE 2003-14-19 June 2003,Goteborg, Sweden
Pure Hydrogen Flame

PAPER-European Wind Energy Association-2003 EUROPEAN WIND ENERGY CONFERENCE 16-20 June 2003-Madrid,Spain
Pure Hydrogen Flame

PAPER-National Hydrogen Association's 14th Annual Meeting, March 4-6, 2003, Washington, DC
The Effect That the Kyoto Protocol Will Have on the Cost of Wind Energy

PAPER, Global Windpower 2002 Conference, Paris, France, April 2-5, 2002
Journal of Solar Energy Engineering

PAPER "Worksheet to compute the Cost of PV electricity" in the August, 2002 Journal of Solar Energy Engineering


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  PAPER "Worksheet to compute the Cost of PV electricity" in the August, 2002 Journal of Solar Energy Engineering

Michael STAVY  
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My paper A Financial Worksheet for Computing the Cost (US¢/kWh) of Solar Electricity Generated at Grid Connected Photovoltaic (PV) Generating Plants was published in the Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, August, 2002, Vol. 124, Page 319.  

                                                                                                           

                                                                                                            ABSTRACT  (English)

This paper discusses the technical, financial, and economic principles underlying the levelized cost method of computing the cost of solar electricity. Topics include the levelized cost method, solar radiation, solar panel efficiency, depreciation, cost of capital, fixed and variable operating and maintenance costs, and taxes. The paper includes the worksheet, ‘‘Levelized Cost Worksheet for a 1 kW Solar Electric Generating Plant.’’ Its benchmark values are for a model solar plant located in Chicago, IL. The paper discusses these benchmark values as it analyzes the worksheet’s constants (capacity-1 kW, 8,760 hr/yr), independent variables (capital cost-$/kW, cost of capital-%, physical life-yr, standard sun hours, fixed and variable O & M expense), and dependent variables (capital amortization expense, capacity factor, cost of solar electricity).

SYNTHESE (FRANÇAIS)

 

Cette étude aborde les quatre points de la Note de Kreith et Isler du Journal of Solar Energy Engineering d’Août 2002, Commentaires concernant  la politique de l’hydrogène énergie  et les énergies renouvables. Cette étude compare les émissions de carbone (gm-CO2/mile) du parc américain actuel de voitures particulières à essence (GV) avec un parc de voitures particulières à hydrogène. L’étude utilise différentes méthodes pour calculer le contenu en carbone (gm-CO2/gal-H2) du carburant de la voiture à hydrogène (HVF) produit par l’électrolyse de l’hydrogène (HE). Le contenu en carbone de l’électricité (gm-CO2/kWh) nécessaire pour faire marcher l’électrolyse (HE) est utilisé pour calculer le contenu en carbone du carburant de la voiture à hydrogène (HVF). Les performances du carburant (mpg) du parc américain actuel  des voitures particulières à essence (GV) et celle du parc proposé des voitures à hydrogène (HV) sont utilisées pour calculer les émissions de carbone des deux flottes. Les quatre points de Kreith et Isler sont démontrés pour l’hydrogène(H2) de l’électrolyse (HE). Les équations et la  liste des abréviations figurent dans cet article.

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Metra Electric's Stoney Island Grade Crossing Solar PV Panels, February, 1998. Chicago, IL USA

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My article A Financial Worksheet for Computing the Cost (¢/kWh) of Solar Electricity Generated at Grid Connected Photovoltaic (PV) Generating Plants, Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, August, 2002, Vol. 124, Page 319 was one of the 10 top articles downloaded from the Journal of Solar Energy Engineering in the following months:

November, 2006

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My other JSEE paper is The Carbon Content of Hydrogen Vehicle Fuel. GO TO:  http://twitthis.com/5googx

 
 

 


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