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Renewable Grid Power – References

Case Study on Renewable Grid-Power Electricity

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Fischer, Carolyn and Richard G. Newell. “Environmental and Technology Policies for Climate Change and Renewable Energy.” RFF Discussion Paper 04-05, April 2004. The references below were used as data sources. The numbering is used in Appendix C to reference the source information.   1. Pollution Probe. Background Document for the Green Power Workshop Series, Workshop #4. February 2004. http://www.pollutionprobe.org/whatwedo/GPW/calgary/gpwbackgroundercalgary.pdf   2. Clean Air Renewable Energy Coalition. Vision for a Low-Impact Renewable Energy Future for Canada. November 2003. Source data used in PP 2004 (Ref 1 above). http://www.cleanairrenewableenergycoalition.com/documents/FINAL%20-%20CARE%20Vision%20Document.pdf 3. Pollution Probe. Promoting Green Power in Canada – Green Power Policies: A Look Across Borders. November 2002. http://www.pollutionprobe.org/Reports/greenpower.pdf 4. Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). Wind Vision for Canada. 2001. http://www.canwea.ca/pdfs/CanWEA-WindVision.pdf 5. Western Geopower. Source data used in PP 2004 (Ref 1 above). 6. International Small Hydro Atlas. Accessed 20 February 2004. http://www.small-hydro.com/index.cfm? Fuseaction=countries.country&Country_ID=13 8. BC Hydro. Source data used in PP 2004 (Ref 1 above). 10. International Energy Agency (IEA). Source data used in PP 2004 (Ref 1 above). 11. Triton Consulting. Source data used in PP 2004 (Ref 1 above). 12. BIOCAP Canada Foundation. Source data used in PP 2004 (Ref 1 above). 13. Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). Source data used in PP 2004 (Ref 1 above). 14. Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). Source data used in PP 2004 (Ref 1 above). 17. Canadian Industrial End-Use Energy Data Analysis Centre (CIEEDAC). Nyboer, John and Andrew Pape. A Review of Existing Renewable Energy Facilities in Canada. May 2003. Source data used in PP 2004 (Ref 1 above). ttp://www.cieedac.sfu.ca/CIEEDACweb/pubarticles/Reports%20on %20Other%20Data/ Renewable%20Energy%20Database%20Final.pdf 18. Pollution Probe. Personal communication from Martin Tampier (on behalf of Pollution Probe) to Marbek Resource Consultants. 18 February 2004. 19. North Pacific Geopower. Personal communication from Martin Tampier to Marbek Resource Consultants. 18 February 2004. 20. Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). Personal communication from Robert Hornung to Marbek Resource Consultants. 18 February 2004. 21. Net-Zero Energy Coalition. Personal communication from Rob McMonagle to Marbek Resource Consultants. 18 February 2004. 22. Canadian Solar Industries Association (CanSIA). Personal communication from Rob McMonagle to Marbek Resource Consultants. 20 February 2004. 23. Pollution Probe. Personal communication from Martin Tampier to Ken Ogilvie (Pollution Probe). 24 March 2004. 24. Bell, John J. Dalhousie University. A Survey of Canadian Policies to Compensate Small Power Producers for Electricity Fed to the Grid: Net Metering and Net Billing. December 2003. http://www.irecusa.org//articles//static/1/binaries/Compensation_policies_thesis.pdf 25. Bell, John J. Dalhousie University. Renewable Portfolio Standards as a Policy Instrument for Promoting Renewable Electricity: a Survey of Canada and the United States. December 2002. http://www.xoj.ca/documents/RPS.pdf 26. Zackin Publications. North American Windpower, Volume 1, Number 2. March 2004. http://www.zackin.com/naw/ 27. Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE). Website. Accessed 27 March 2004. http://www.dsireusa.org/ 28. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Website: US Green Pricing Programs. Last updated 21 January 2004. http://www.eere.energy.gov/greenpower/summary.shtml 29. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. Website: US Renewable Energy Production Incentive (REPI). Accessed February 2004. http://www.eere.energy.gov/power/repi.html 30. Natural Resources Canada. Website: Wind Power Production Incentive (WPPI). Accessed February 2004. http://www.canren.gc.ca/programs/index.asp?CaId=107 31. Ontario Wind Power Task Force. Ontario Wind Power Task Force Report & Recommendations. February 2002. http://www.newenergy.org/Wind_Power_Task_Force_Report,_February_2002.pdf 32. Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA). Harnessing the Wind to Help Meet Canada’s Kyoto Commitments. December 2002. http://www.canwea.ca/pdfs/CanWEAPaper2002.pdf 33. Pembina Institute for Appropriate Development. Low-Impact Renewable Energy Policy in Canada: Strengths, Gaps and a Path Forward. February 2003. http://www.pembina.org/publications_item.asp?id=150 34. National Energy Board. Canada’s Energy Future: Scenarios for Supply and Demand to 2025. 2003. http://www.neb-one.gc.ca/energy/SupplyDemand/2003/index_e.htm 35. Natural Resources Canada. Canada’s Emissions Outlook: An Update. 1999. http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/es/ceo/update.htm