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- See our Archival Publications page for (i) documents that are currently undergoing accessibility remediation, as well as (ii) historical documents.
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Land use and emissions
- California Biopower Impacts Project: Climate and Air Pollution Impacts of Generating Biopower from Forest Residues in California – final project report (2021)
- Climate and air pollution impacts of generating biopower from forest management residues in California – published in Environmental Research Letters (2023)
- Opportunities and risks for sustainable biomass export from the south-eastern United States to Europe – published in Biofpr: Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining (2019)
- Overlooked emissions: influence of environmental variables on greenhouse gas generation from woody biomass storage — published in Fuel, Volume 319 (2022)
- Risks of crediting carbon offsets in low carbon fuel standards: lessons learned from dairy biomethane — published in Energy Policy (2025)
Microgrids
- Blue Lake Rancheria Low-Carbon Microgrid: Final Project Report (2019)
- Community Microgrid Technical Best Practices for PG&E’s Community Microgrid Enablement Program (2020, 2023)
- Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid: Final Project Report (2026)
- Resilient buildings for fire-adapted landscapes: EE and flexible loads integrated with solar and storage microgrids – ACEEE Summer Study conference paper, published by Berkeley Lab (2020)
- Solar+ Optimizer: A Model Predictive Control Optimization Platform for Grid Responsive Building Microgrids – published in Energies journal (2020)
Off-grid energy access
- Decentralized energy systems for clean energy access (2015)
- The Dirty Footprint of the Broken Grid (2019)
- Electrifying Schools and Health Facilities (2021)
- Energy Requirements of the Screening Sites in a COVID-19 Hub and Spoke Testing Approach (2020)
- LED Advances Accelerate Universal Access to Electric Lighting (2018)
- Powering a Home with Just 25 Watts of Solar PV: Super-Efficient Appliances Can Enable Expanded Off-Grid Energy Service Using Small Solar Power Systems (2015)
- Use Cases and Cost Breakdown of Off-Grid Refrigeration Systems (2020)
You can also find some of our off-grid energy access publications on the following sites:
- Lighting Global Resources page: search for Lighting Global Market Analysis Reports and Lighting Africa Reports
- VeraSol site: search for Eco Design Notes, Technical Notes, and Market Analysis Reports
Offshore wind
- Please see our Archival Publications page for our existing offshore wind reports. Note that we are currently updating many of these documents for improved accessibility.
Transportation
- California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard: Modeling financial leastcost pathways to compliance in Northwest California (2018)
- How the U.S. Renewable Fuel Standard could use garbage to pay for electric vehicles — published in Energy Policy (2022)
- Performance Report for Humboldt Transit Authority’s Pilot Extended Range New Flyer Xcelsior CHARGE FC™ Fuel Cell Electric Bus (2025)
- Risks of crediting carbon offsets in low carbon fuel standards: lessons learned from dairy biomethane — published in Energy Policy (2025)
