Local social cost of solar PV
Extending the local-social-cost framework from wind-power zoning to solar PV and related spatial planning constraints.
Research
My research on wind-power zoning treats siting conflict not as a question of vague public "acceptance", but as an economic problem with spatially differentiated local social costs.
Public debate on wind power often leaves little room for a sober weighing of competing considerations, even though the valuation of landscape is not objective.
The work identifies the trade-offs implicit in zoning and siting decisions and renders them usable for economic analysis and power-system modelling.
Ongoing research
Wind power zoning 2024
Using the 2024 wind-power zoning revision to update estimates of the local social costs and trade-offs implicit in zoning decisions.
Social cost and MGA
Studying the relation between social-cost representations and modelling-to-generate-alternatives approaches in energy system planning.