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Author:

Richardson, Kelsey Anne

Title:

Variability and Cost Implications of Wind and Solar Energy Integration

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

emissions
Oklahoma
integration
solar energy
wind energy

File:

Download THESIS_FINAL_DRAFT2.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Supervisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Carbine, Megan D'Lauro

Title:

Analysis and Applications of Natural Gas Micro-grids

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

natural gas
Marcellus shale
Micro-Grid
economic analysis
Clearfield County
DuBois
NCL Resources

File:

Download Carbine_Megan_AnalysisandApplicationsofNaturalGasMicroGrids.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Supervisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Honors Advisor
Luis F. Ayala, Faculty Reader

Author:

Witman, Colin Mitchell

Title:

Pricing Block and Index Products in the Electricity Industry

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

Block and Index
PJM
Finance
Electricity
Risk
Pricing
Forecasting

File:

Download Witman_Colin_PricingBlockAndIndexProductsInTheElectricityIndustry.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

George Spencer Young, Thesis Supervisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Nagy, Stefan

Title:

Arbitrage Activities for Energy Efficiency Resources in the Pjm Capacity Market

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

Energy Efficiency
Arbitrage
Capacity
Bidding
PJM

File:

Download Final_Thesis_Honors_College.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Miller, Drew Kenneth

Title:

Modeling the Reliability Value of Combined Heat and Power Generators in the PJM Interconnection Zone

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

CHP
Reliability
PJM Interconnection
Energy Economics
Pareto Modeling

File:

Download Honors_Thesis_Final_Draft_-_PDF.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Supervisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Honors Advisor
Zhen Lei, Faculty Reader

Author:

Brady, Connor Daniel

Title:

The Optimization of the New Jersey Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC) Market

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

Solar Power
Solar Energy
Incentive Market
Solar Renewable Energy Credit
SREC

File:

Download Thesis_Final_Draft-_Connor_Brady.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Supervisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Honors Advisor
Zhen Lei, Faculty Reader

Author:

Dougherty, Bridget Ayn

Title:

Development of a Business Plan for Portable Wind Turbines

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

Wind energy
renewable energy
portable wind turbines
Department of Energy Collegiate Wind Competition
business plan

File:

Download Dougherty_Bridget_Development_of_a_Business_Plan_for_Portable_Wind_Turbines.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Supervisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Honors Advisor
Susan W Stewart, Faculty Reader

Author:

Danik, Connor

Title:

Determinants of Credit Ratings in Investor Owned Utilities

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

Investor Owned Utility
Credit Ratings

File:

Download Determinants_of_Credit_Ratings_in_Investor_Owned_Utilities.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Supervisor
Farid Tayari, Faculty Reader
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Xiao, Junyin

Title:

Insurance Adaptation To The Optimal House Elevation Decision Against Flood Risk

Area of Honors:

Interdisciplinary in Earth Sciences and Energy Business and Finance

Keywords:

National Flood Insurance Program
Federal Emergency Management Agency
house-elevation
flood mitigation

File:

Download Thesis_Xiao.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Klaus Keller, Thesis Supervisor
Maureen Feineman, Thesis Honors Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Chen, Mingsong

Title:

Evaluating the Health Co-Benefits from Pennsylvania’s Entry into RGGI

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

RGGI
PJM
GHG
AP3
RPAM
Air Pollution
Health Co-Benefits

File:

Download Thesis_MS_Chen_Final.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Joel Reid Landry, Thesis Supervisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Honors Advisor

Author:

Aldebot, Emanuel

Title:

Regulatory Issues for Distributed Generation

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

Distributed Generation
Net Metering
Decarbonization
Cost-shifting

File:

Download Emanuel_Aldebot_M.S._Thesis_Final-_Schreyer.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Supervisor
Andrew Nathan Kleit, Thesis Honors Advisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Faculty Reader

Author:

Pandey, Naya

Title:

The Impact of Uncertainty on the Economics of Electric vs. Gas Vehicles

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

Electric vehicle
Monte Carlo
Gasoline
NPV
Sensitivity Analysis
environmental
threshold analysis

File:

Download Honors_Thesis.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Supervisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Honors Advisor
Gregory Robert Pierce, Faculty Reader

Author:

Liu, Sihan

Title:

Shared E-Bike: Understanding the Economic Benefits and Costs on University Campuses

Area of Honors:

Energy, Business, and Finance

Keywords:

e-bike
energy
Spin
environment
Penn State
Penn State Transportation Services
e-scooter
electric bike
electric scooter
greenhouse gas emissions
GHG emissions
micro-mobility
transportation
sustainability
sustainable
university campus
rider
sharing economy
traffic congestion
value of urgency
economic benefits
economic costs
benefit
cost
benefits
costs
benefit-cost analysis
short trips
urban
student
parking
shared e-bike
driving
ride-hailing

File:

Download Thesis_E-bike.pdf

Thesis Supervisors:

Joel Reid Landry, Thesis Supervisor
Seth Adam Blumsack, Thesis Honors Advisor