Publications

FREE makes available published work on topics important to energy and environmental issues.

The following are selected publications by FREE Members.

2024

• “Smart Cities and Urban Energy Planning: An Advanced Review of Promises and Challenges” Saeed Esfandi, Safiyeh Tayebi, John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Golkou Giyahchi, Seyed Ali Alavi. 2024. Smart Cities. doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/smartcities7010016
• “Who Benefits? Rethinking the Distribution of Harms and Benefits in the U.S. Energy Transition” 2024. John Byrne and Job Taminiau. (submitted for review to SSRN).

2023

• “Estimating the impacts of natural gas power generation growth on solar electricity development: PJM’s evolving resource mix and ramping capability” 2023. Joseph Nyangon, John Byrne. WIREs Energy and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.454
• “Energy Democracies for Sustainable Futures.” Joohee Lee, Dr. John Byrne, Dr. Jeongseok Seo. Chapter 7 – Re-imagining energy-society relations: An interactive framework for social movement-based energy-society transformation. Center for Energy & Environmental Policy, University of Delaware, Foundation of Renewable Energy & Environment, Republic of Koera National Assembly.
• “Too much research on the climate-society nexus is looking in the wrong direction for responses and modelling the wrong problem [symposium presentation]”. 2023. John Byrne and Job Taminiau. NowThen2023 Research Symposium “Anticipating future sustainability crises while coping with the current one”, Helsinki, Finland.
• “Strategies to broaden employment opportunities in the green energy economy: Estimated job and public health impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law”. 2023. Job Taminiau, John Byrne, Dharni Grover, and Saeed Esfandi. FREE Report 2023, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4749282 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4749282
• “The social geography of the Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SREC) market”. 2023. Job Taminiau, John Byrne, Dharni Grover, and Saeed Esfandi. FREE Report 2023. Available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4749039

2022

• “U.S. Environmental Justice Challenges in the Pursuit of a Low-Carbon Energy Future.” Dr. Job Taminiau, Dr. John Byrne, Dr. Daniel Cristinzio, Dharni Grover, Dr. Daniel Sanchez Carretero. Research report by the Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment (FREE) and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP), University of Delaware.   Final Report Oct. 2022
• “American policy conflict in the hothouse: Exploring the politics of climate inaction and polycentric rebellion.” John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Joseph Nyangon. 2022. Energy Research & Social Science, 89:102551. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102551
• “Inferential- and measurement-based methods to estimate rooftop “solar city” potential in megacity Seoul, South Korea.” 2022. Job Taminiau, John Byrne, Jongkyu Kim, Min-Hwi Kim, Jeongseok Seo. WIREs Energy and Environment. 2022;e438. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.438
• “Low-Carbon Planning for Delaware’s Solar Energy Future.” Job Taminiau, John Byrne, Daniel Cristinzio, Dharni Grover, Daniel Sanchez Carretero. 2022. Research report by the Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment (FREE) and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP), University of Delaware.

2021

• “Developing a Building-by-Building Estimate of City-wide Electricity Savings Potential: An Early Trial for the City of Wilmington, Delaware.” John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Daniel Sanchez Carretero and Soojin Shin. 2021. Research report by the Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment (FREE) and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3914143
• “Community Solar Governance: Institutional Design and Collective Choice Options: Implications for U.S. Markets.” 2021. John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Joseph Nyangon, Thomas Benson, Daniel Cristinzio, and Robert Ddamulira. Research report by the Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment (FREE) and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3914111
• “Infrastructure-scale sustainable energy planning in the cityscape: Transforming urban energy metabolism in East Asia.” Job Taminiau, John Byrne, Jongkyu Kim, Min-Whi Kim, Jeongseok Seo. WIREs Energy Environ. 2021;e397. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.397
• “Operationalising capability thinking in the assessment of energy poverty relief policies: Moving from compensation-based to empowerment-focused policy strategies.” 2021. Joohee Lee, Hana Kim and John Byrne. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities. https://doi.org/10.1080/19452829.2021.1887108
• “Spatial Energy Efficiency Patterns in New York and Implications for Energy Demand and the Rebound Effect.” 2021. Joseph Nyangon, and John Byrne. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning, and Policy, https://doi.org/10.1080/15567249.2020.1868619
• “Sustainable Energy Investment and the Transition to Renewable Energy-Powered Futures.”
  2021. Joseph Nyangon, and John Byrne. In Joseph Nyangon and John Byrne (eds.), Sustainable Energy Investment: Technical, Market and Policy Innovations to Address Risk.
  (Chapter 1, pp. 1-7). London, UK: IntechOpen.
• “Risk mitigation in energy efficiency retrofit projects using automated performance control.” Job Taminiau, John Byrne, Daniel Sanchez Carretero, Soojin Shin, and Jing Xu. 2021. In J. Nyangon, & J. Byrne (Eds.), Sustainable energy investment: Technical, market and policy innovations to address risk. London, UK: IntechOpen.

2020

• “City‐scale urban sustainability: Spatiotemporal mapping of distributed solar power for New York City.” Job Taminiau, John Byrne. WIREs Energy Environ. 2020; 9:e374. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.374
• “Explaining the Evolution of China’s Government–Environmental NGO Relations since the
  1990s: A Conceptual Framework and Case Study.” 2020. Jing Xi and John Byrne. Asian
  Studies Review, DOI: 10.1080/10357823.2020.1828824
• “Little time left to reverse emissions—Growing hope despite disappointing CO2 trend.” 2020. Peter Lund and John Byrne. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment 9(1) DOI: 10.1002/wene.369
• “Assessing the impact of R&D policy on PV market development: The case of South Korea.”
  2020. Yoonhee Ha, John Byrne, et al. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment. DOI: 10.1002/wene.366

2019

• “Expanding the Conceptual and Analytical Basis of Energy Justice: Beyond the Three-Tenet
  Framework.” 2019. Joohee Lee and John Byrne. Frontiers in Energy Research. 7:99. doi:
  10.3389/fenrg.2019.00099
• “Risk mitigation in energy efficiency retrofit projects using automated monitoring and verification techniques“. 2019. John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Daniel Sanchez-Carretero, Soojin Shin, Jing Xu. Research Summary Series Summer 2019.
• “Advancing transformative sustainability: A comparative analysis of electricity service and supply innovators in the United States.” 2019. Job Taminiau, John P. Banks, Deborah Bleviss, and John Byrne. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment. doi: 10.1002/wene.337
• “The rise and fall of green growth: Korea’s energy sector experiment and its lessons for sustainable energy policy.” 2019. Yoonhee Ha and John Byrne. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment. doi: 10.1002/wene.335

2018

• “Exploring Solar City Philadelphia.” 2018. Working paper investigating the rooftop PV opportunities for Philadelphia at the city scale.
• “Exploring sub-national sustainable energy innovation in the U.S. electricity market: Selection of municipal utility and investor-owned utility innovators.” 2018. Job Taminiau, John P. Banks, Deborah Bleviss, and John Byrne. Research Output of FREE & Johns Hopkins University/SAIS Technology, Electricity and Climate Initiative.
• “Diversifying electricity customer choice: REVing up the New York energy vision for polycentric innovation.” 2018. Joseph Nyangon and John Byrne. In: Energy Systems and Environment (First Edition), p. 3-24. Editor: Pavel Tsvetkov. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.76023.
• “Reflections on the state of climate change policy: from COP to cities.” 2018. Manfred Fischedick, John Byrne, Lukas Hermwille, Job Taminiau, Franziska Stelzer, and Daniel Vallentin. In: Rethinking Environmentalism: Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity, ed. S. Lele, E.S. Brondizio, J. Byrne, G.M. Mace, and J. Martinez-Allier. Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 23, J. Lupp, series editor. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• “Energy and climate change.” 2018. Sun-Jin Yun, John Byrne, Lucy Baker, Patrick Bond, Götz Kaufmann, Hans-Jochen Luhmann, Peter D. Lund, Joan Martinez-Alier, Fuqiang Yang. In: Rethinking Environmentalism: Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity, ed. S. Lele, E.S. Brondizio, J. Byrne, G.M. Mace, and J. Martinez-Allier. Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 23, J. Lupp, series editor. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• “Framing the environment.” 2018. Sharachandra Lele, Eduardo S. Brondizio, John Byrne, Georgia M. Mace, Joan Martinez-Allier. In: Rethinking Environmentalism: Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity, ed. S. Lele, E.S. Brondizio, J. Byrne, G.M. Mace, and J. Martinez-Allier. Strüngmann Forum Reports, vol. 23, J. Lupp, series editor. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
• “Utilizing the urban fabric as the solar power plant of the future.” 2018. John Byrne and Job Taminiau. In: Urban Energy Transition (Second Edition), p. 31-49. Editor: Peter Droege. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-08-102074-6.00016-4.
• “Enhancing climate finance readiness: A review of selected investment frameworks as tools of multilevel governance.” 2018. Lawrence Agbemabiese, Joseph Nyangon, Jae-Seung Lee, and John Byrne. DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3082542.
• “Analysis of Korea’s energy self-reliant island projects (KESIPS) and their implications for Korea’s quest for sustainability.” 2018. Dongwon Jung, Jeongseok Seo, and John Byrne. Working Paper. Research Output of FREE.
• “Urban-rural energy inequity in Korea and policy solutions.” 2018. Eun Yoo, Jeongseok Seo, and John Byrne. Working Paper. Research Output of FREE.

2017

• “Multivariate analysis of solar city economics: impact of energy prices, policy, finance, and cost on urban photovoltaic power plant implementation.” 2017. John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Kyung-Nam Kim, Joohee Lee and Jeongseok Seo. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, 6(4), e241. doi:10.1002/wene.241
• “Sustainable business model innovation: Using polycentric and creative climate change governance.” 2017. Job Taminiau, Joseph Nyangon, Ariella Shez Lewis, John Byrne. In: Collective Creativity for Responsible and Sustainable Business Practice (pp. 140-159). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. Editor: Ziska Fields. doi: 10.4018/978-1-5225-1823-5.
• “Are solar cities feasible? A review of current research.” 2017. John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Jeongseok Seo, Joohee Lee, and Soojin Shin. International Journal of Urban Sciences. doi: 10.1080/12265934.2017.1331750
• “An assessment of price convergence between natural gas and solar photovoltaic in the U.S. electricity market.” 2017. Joseph Nyangon, John Byrne, and Job Taminiau. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, Vol. 6, No. 3. doi: 10.1002/wene.238

2016

• “A solar city strategy applied to six municipalities: integrating market, finance, and policy factors for infrastructure-scale photovoltaic development in Amsterdam, London, Munich, New York, Seoul, and Tokyo.” 2016. John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Kyung Nam Kim, Jeongseok Seo, and Joohee Lee. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, doi: 10.1002/wene.182
• “Reconsidering growth in the greenhouse: the Sustainable Energy Utility (SEU) as a practical strategy for the twenty-first century.” 2016. Job Taminiau and John Byrne. In Green Growth, Dale, Mathai and Puppim de Oliveira (eds). London: Zed Books: pp. 233-252 and 306-309.
• “Energy, climate, and our historic opportunity: an editorial essay.” 2016. John Byrne and Peter Lund. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, v5: 5–6. doi: 10.1002/wene.196, (Corrigendum: v5: 242. doi: 10.1002/wene.207).

2015

• “A Polycentric Response to the Climate Change Challenge Relying on Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership.” 2015. John Byrne and Job Taminiau.
• “A Review of sustainable energy utility and energy service utility concepts and applications: Realizing ecological and social sustainability with a community utility.” 2015. John Byrne and Job Taminiau. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, doi: 10.1002/wene.171.
• “A review of the solar city concept and methods to assess rooftop solar electric potential, with an illustrative application to the city of Seoul.” 2015. John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Lado Kurdgelashvili, and Kyung Nam Kim. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol. 41, 830–844.
• “Project savings analysis interim report 2015.” 2015. Chu Chu, Alyssa Bruner, John Byrne.

2014

• Green energy economies. 2014. J. Byrne, Y-D. Wang. London and New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Books.

2013

• “Solar thermal policy in the US: A review of best practices in leading states.” 2013. L. Kurdgelashvili, J. Byrne, C. Brehm, M. Griffin, G. Schweitzer, A. Nitica, A. Ramadan, K. Saul. A report of the Renewable Energy Applications for Delaware Yearly (READY) project. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.
•  “International energy policy in the aftermath of the Fukushima nuclear disaster: An analysis of energy policies of the U.S., U.K., Germany, France, Japan, China and Korea” 2013. Y-D. Wang, J. Byrne, L. Kurdgelashvili, C. Brehm, K. M. Saul, G. Kramer, I. Argyriou, S. Gopal, H. Kim, L. Lamptey, M. Utturkar, H-Y. Bae, S. Cho, Y-H. Ha, J. Kim, J. Taminiau and Y. Wei. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.
• “Livelihoods and the ecosystems at risk: Observations and findings of the 2013 study team” 2013. J. Byrne, A. Ruotolo, B. Booker, K. Saul, S. M. Gopal, K. Schumacher, L. Mach, Y-C Tsai, E-J. Lee, H-L. Kim, and J-Y. Kim. Study Visit organized by the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware.
• “Review of wind power tariff policies in China” 2013. Z.Hua, J. Wang, J. Byrne and L. Kurdgelashvili. Energy Policy, Vol. 53, (February): 41-50.

2012

• “Social change to avert further climate change: Defining the scale of change and principles to guide a new strategy.” 2012. J. Byrne, L. Kurdgelashvili, and J. B. Taminiau. WIREs Energy and Environment Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 17-40.
• “High efficiency photovoltaics: On the way to becoming a major electricity source” 2012. X. Wang, J. Byrne, L. Kurdgelashvili and A. Barnett. WIREs Energy and Environment Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 132-151.
• “A reformulation of ‘success’ in the climate change negotiations” 2012. J. B. Taminiau and J. Byrne. Joint Implementation Quarterly (JIQ) Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 11-14. Full magazine can found at: jiqweb.org
• “Supporting urban green infrastructure” 2012. K. Hughes, J. Byrne, J. Caldwell, C. Cruz-Ortiz, C. Dsouza, T. Johnson, M. Schorse, M. Schramm and X. Zhang. Science, Engineering and Technology (SET) Project. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.
• “Policies to support community solar initiatives: Best practices to enhance net metering” 2012.K. Hughes, J. Byrne, C. Brunette, B. Dodge, T. Han, P. Kerrane, O. Ohkrimenko, Z. Schafer, A. Smargon, M. Stern and O. Yost. A report of the Renewable Energy Applications for Delaware Yearly (READY) project. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.

2011

• “The role of policy in PV industry growth: Past, present and future.” 2011. J. Byrne and L. Kurdgelashvili. In Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. A Luque and S. Hegedus, eds. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons. Chapter 2.
• “The value of module efficiency in lowering the levelized cost of energy of photovoltaic systems.” 2011. X. Wang, L. Kurdgelashvili, J. Byrne and A. Barnett. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. (In press)
• “Delaware’s energy efficiency potential and program scenarios to meet its energy efficiency resource standard” 2011. John Byrne, Lado Kurdgelashvili, Jeremiah Couey and Zachary Schafer. Prepared for the Office of the Secretary Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control State of Delaware. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.
• “PV PLANNER: A design and analysis tool for building integrated solar electric systems. Updated user manual” 2011. John Byrne, Lado Kurdgelashvili, and Jeremiah Couey. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.
• “Policies to support distributed renewable energy: Best practices among U.S. states.” 2011. Kristen Hughes, John Byrne, Peter Olmsted, Matthew Stern, Jinmi Kim and Hui Li. A report of the Renewable Energy Applications for Delaware Yearly (READY) project. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy. February 22.

2010

• “Shifting from the economics of obesity to sustainable energy.” 2010. John Byrne, Francis Hodsoll and Kristen Hughes. Renewable Energy World. February 22.
• “Solar policies to promote energy justice.” 2010. Kristen Hughes, Lado, Kurdgelashvili, John Byrne et al. A report of the Renewable Energy Applications for Delaware Yearly (READY) project. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.
• “Sustainable energy management for the four campuses of the Delaware Technical and Community College.” 2010. John Byrne, Lado, Kurdgelashvili, Jeremiah Couey, et al. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.
• “World solar energy review: Technology, markets and policies.” 2010. John Byrne, Lado, Kurdgelashvili, Manu V. Mathai, et al. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.

2009

• “Delaware’s sustainable energy utility.” 2009. John Byrne and Cecilia Martinez. Delaware Lawyer, summer issue: 26-31
• “Sustainable energy utilities: New energy strategy for the new climate.” Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 29, No. 2: 79-163. Special issue
• “Relocating energy in the social commons: Ideas for a sustainable energy utility (SEU).” 2009. John Byrne, Cecilia Martinez and Colin Ruggero. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 29, No. 2: 81-94.
• “The sustainable energy utility (SEU) model for energy service delivery.” 2009. Jason Houck and Wilson Rickerson. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 29, No. 2: 95-107.
• “An applied local sustainable energy model: The case of Austin, Texas.” 2009. Kristen Hughes. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 29, No. 2: 108-123.
• “The restoration of a local energy regime amid trends of power liberalization in east Asia: The Seoul sustainable energy utility.” 2009. Jung-Min Yu. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 29, No. 2: 124-138.
• “Elements of an alternative to nuclear power as a response to the energy-environment crisis in India: Development as freedom and a sustainable energy utility.” 2009. Manu V. Mathai. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 29, No. 2: 139-150.
• “A framework for sustainable energy development beyond the grid: Meeting the needs of rural and remote populations.” 2009. Lawrence Agbemabiese. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, Vol. 29, No. 2: 151-158.
• “Sustainable activism, the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, and experimental learning.” 2009. Durbin, Paul. Problem of Sustainable Development vol. 4, no. 1: 15-32.
• “Creating a solar city: Determining the potential of solar rooftop systems in the city of Newark.” 2009. Xilin Zhang, Rebecca Walker, Michael Salisbury, Rebecca Hromiko, Jackson Schreiber, John Byrne, Lado Kurdgelashvili, Steven Hegedus. Our thanks to Gerard Alleng and Aiming Zhou for their early work on this report. A Renewable Energy Applications for Delaware Yearly (READY) Project. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.
• “Integrated policy and planning for water and energy.” 2009. Young-Doo Wang. Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education, Vol. 142 (June): 1-6.

2007

• “A sustainable energy future for Delaware.” 2007. John Byrne, et al. A Briefing Paper to the Delaware State Legislature by the Sustainable Energy Utility Task Force
• “The sustainable energy utility: a Delaware first.” 2007. John Byrne, et al. A Report to the Delaware State Legislature by the Sustainable Energy Utility Task Force