Joachim Seel

Seel, Joachim, Andrew D Mills, Cody Warner, Bentham Paulos, and Ryan H Wiser. Impacts of High Variable Renewable Energy Futures on Electric-Sector Decision Making: Demand-Side Effects. 2020.

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Wiser, Ryan H, Mark Bolinger, and Joachim Seel. "Benchmarking Utility-Scale PV Operational Expenses and Project Lifetimes: Results from a Survey of U.S. Solar Industry Professionals." 2020.

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2019

Bolinger, Mark, Joachim Seel, and Dana Robson. Utility-Scale Solar: Empirical Trends in Project Technology, Cost, Performance, and PPA Pricing in the United States –2019 Edition. 2019.

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Mills, Andrew D, Dev Millstein, Ryan H Wiser, Joachim Seel, Juan Pablo Carvallo, Seongeun Jeong, and Will Gorman. Impact of Wind, Solar, and Other Factors on Wholesale Power Prices: An Historical Analysis—2008 through 2017. 2019.

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2018

Wiser, Ryan H, Naïm R Darghouth, Ben Hoen, Galen L Barbose, Joachim Seel, Varun Rai, Ariane Beck, Ashok Sekar, D Cale Reeves, Erik Funkhouser, Eric O’Shaughnessy, Ben Sigrin, and Casey Canfield. Diffusion of Innovations: Interplay of Social, Economic, Technological, and Policy Drivers in the Solar Industry—Summary of UT Austin Student Capstone Research Projects. 2018.

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Bolinger, Mark, and Joachim Seel. Utility-Scale Solar: Empirical Trends in Project Technology, Cost, Performance, and PPA Pricing in the United States – 2018 Edition. 2018.

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Seel, Joachim, Andrew D Mills, and Ryan H Wiser. Impacts of High Variable Renewable Energy Futures on Wholesale Electricity Prices, and on Electric-Sector Decision Making. 2018.

2017

Mills, Andrew D, Ryan H Wiser, and Joachim Seel. Power Plant Retirements: Trends and Possible Drivers. 2017.

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Wiser, Ryan H, Andrew D Mills, Joachim Seel, Todd Levin, and Audun Botterud. Impacts of Variable Renewable Energy on Bulk Power System Assets, Pricing, and Costs. 2017.

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Bolinger, Mark, Joachim Seel, and Kristina Hamachi LaCommare. Utility-Scale Solar 2016: An Empirical Analysis of Project Cost, Performance, and Pricing Trends in the United States. 2017.

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2016

Wiser, Ryan H, Karen Jenni, Joachim Seel, Erin Baker, M Maureen Hand, Eric Lantz, and Aaron Smith. "Expert elicitation survey on future wind energy costs." Nature Energy 1.10 (2016) 16135.

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Mills, Andrew D, Galen L Barbose, Joachim Seel, Changgui Dong, Trieu Mai, Ben Sigrin, and Jarett Zuboy. Planning for a Distributed Disruption: Innovative Practices for Incorporating Distributed Solar into Utility Planning. 2016.

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Bolinger, Mark, and Joachim Seel. Utility-Scale Solar 2015: An Empirical Analysis of Project Cost, Performance, and Pricing Trends in the United States. 2016.

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Wiser, Ryan H, Karen Jenni, Joachim Seel, Erin Baker, M Maureen Hand, Eric Lantz, and Aaron Smith. Forecasting Wind Energy Costs and Cost Drivers: The Views of the World’s Leading Experts. 2016.

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Barbose, Galen L, John Miller, Ben Sigrin, Emerson Reiter, Karlynn Cory, Joyce McLaren, Joachim Seel, Andrew D Mills, Naïm R Darghouth, and Andrew Satchwell. Utility Regulatory and Business Model Reforms for Addressing the Financial Impacts of Distributed Solar on Utilities. 2016.

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Bolinger, Mark, Joachim Seel, and Manfei Wu. Maximizing MWh: A Statistical Analysis of the Performance of Utility-Scale Photovoltaic Projects in the United States. 2016.

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2015

Mills, Andrew D, and Joachim Seel. Flexibility Inventory for Western Resource Planners. 2015.

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Bolinger, Mark, and Joachim Seel. Utility-Scale Solar 2014: An Empirical Analysis of Project Cost, Performance, and Pricing Trends in the United States. 2015.

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Feldman, David, Galen L Barbose, Robert Margolis, Mark Bolinger, Donald Chung, Ran Fu, Joachim Seel, Carolyn Davidson, and Ryan H Wiser. "Photovoltaic System Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections." 2015.

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2013

Seel, Joachim, Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser. "An Analysis of Residential PV System Price Differences Between the United States and Germany." American Solar Energy Society Annual Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, 2013.