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Delaware’s Environmental Justice Challenges as it Pursues a Low-Carbon Energy Future

Taminiau, J., Byrne, J., Cristinzio, D., Grover, D., and Carretero, D.S. 2022. Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment (FREE) and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP), University of Delaware.

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Low-Carbon Planning for Delaware’s Solar Energy Future

Job Taminiau, John Byrne, Daniel Cristinzio, Dharni Grover, Daniel Sanchez Carretero. 2022. Research report by the Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment (FREE) and the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy (CEEP), University of Delaware.

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American policy conflict in the hothouse: Exploring the politics of climate inaction and polycentric rebellion

John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Joseph Nyangon. 2022. Energy Research & Social Science, 89:102551. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2022.102551

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Little time left to reverse emissions—Growing hope despite disappointing CO2 trend

2020. Peter Lund and John Byrne. Little time left to reverse emissions—Growing hope despite disappointing CO2 trend. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment 9(1) DOI:10.1002/wene.369

 

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Advancing transformative sustainability: A comparative analysis of electricity service and supply innovators in the United States

2019. Job Taminiau, John P. Banks, Deborah Bleviss, and John Byrne. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.337

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The rise and fall of green growth: Korea’s energy sector experiment and its lessons for sustainable energy policy

2019. Yoon-Hee Ha and John Byrne. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.335

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Sustaining our common future: Transformative, timely, commons-based change is needed

2019. John Byrne and Peter D. Lund. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Energy and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1002/wene.334.

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Risk mitigation in energy efficiency retrofit projects using automated monitoring and verification techniques

2019. John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Daniel Sanchez Carretero, Soojin Shin, Jing Xu. Technical Report Prepared for the Delaware General Assembly. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware.

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Utilizing the urban fabric as the solar power plant of the future

2018. John Byrne and Job Taminiau. In P. Droege (Ed.), Urban energy transition (2nd ed.) (pp. 31-49). New York City: Elsevier. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-08-102074-6.00016-4.

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Reflections on the state of climate change policy from COP21 to cities

2018. Manfred Fischedick, John Byrne, Lukas Hermwille, Job Taminiau, Hans-Jochen Luhmann, Franziska Stelzer, and Daniel Vallentin. In Rethinking Environmentalism: Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity by Sharachchandra Lele, Eduardo S. Brondizio, John Byrne, Georgina M. Mace, and Joan Martinez-Alier (eds.) Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262038966.

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Energy and climate change

2018. Sun-Jin Yun, John Byrne, Lucy Baker, Patrick Bond, Götz Kaufmann, Hans-Jochen Luhmann, Peter D. Lund, Joan Martinez-Alier, and Fuqiang Yang. In Rethinking Environmentalism: Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity Sharachchandra Lele, Eduardo S. Brondizio, John Byrne, Georgina M. Mace, and Joan Martinez-Alier (eds.), Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262038966.

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Investor risk mitigation in energy efficiency retrofit projects using automated monitoring and verification techniques

2018. John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Mayank Saraswat, and Apratim Mishra. Technical Report Prepared for the Delaware General Assembly. Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware.

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Framing the environment

2018. Sharachchandra Lele, Eduardo S. Brondizio, John Byrne, Georgina M. Mace, and Joan Martinez-Alier. In Rethinking Environmentalism: Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity by Sharachchandra Lele, Eduardo S. Brondizio, John Byrne, Georgina M. Mace, and Joan Martinez-Alier (eds). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. ISBN 9780262038966.

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Enhancing climate finance readiness: A review of selected investment frameworks as tools of multilevel governance

2018. Lawrence Agbemabiese, Joseph Nyangon, Jae-Seung Lee and John Byrne. SSRN Electronic Journal.

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An assessment of price convergence between natural gas and solar photovoltaic in the U.S. electricity market

2017. Joseph Nyangon, John Byrne and Job Taminiau. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment. Vol. 6, Issue 3. Doi: 10.1002/wene.238.

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Are solar cities feasible? A review of current research.

2017. John Byrne, Job Taminiau, Jeongseok Seo, Joohee Lee and Soojin Shin. International Journal of Urban Sciences: 1-18. Doi.org/10.1080/12265934.2017.1331750.

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Clean energy transition: Our urgent challenge

2017. John Byrne and Peter D. Lund. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment e243 doi: 10.1002/wene.243

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Advances in Bioenergy: The Sustainability Challenge

2016. P. D. Lund, J. Byrne, G. Berndes and I.A. Vasalos. Chichester, UK: John A. Wiley & Sons. ISBN: 9781118957875.

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Realizing infrastructure-scale finance in the green bond market: Scoping trends

2016. Job Taminiau, Joseph Nyangon, Benjamin Attia, Soojin Shin, and John Byrne. Policy Brief Prepared for Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment, New York, NY.

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Urban energy transformation through solar city strategies

2016. Job Taminiau, Joseph Nyangon, Jeongseok Seo, Joohee Lee, and John Byrne. Policy Brief Prepared for Foundation for Renewable Energy and Environment, New York, NY.

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A Polycentric Response to the Climate Change Challenge Relying on Creativity, Innovation, and Leadership

2015. Job Taminiau and John Byrne. Position paper prepared for the Twenty-first Session of the Conference of Parties (COP-21), held in Paris, France to negotiate an agreed outcome under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change to ramp-up climate mitigation and adaptation worldwide. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy.

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A review of sustainable energy utility and energy service utility concepts and applications: Realizing ecological and social sustainability with a community utility.

2016. John Byrne and Job Taminiau. Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Energy and Environment, doi: 10.1002/wene.171.

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Review of dynamic pricing programs in the U.S. and Europe: Status quo and policy recommendations

2015. Z. Hu, J-H Kim, J. Wang and J. Byrne. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. Vol. 42: 743–751.

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The Promise of a Green Energy Economy

2014. John Byrne, Y-D. Wang, Job Taminiau and Leon Mach. In Byrne and Wang, eds. Green Energy Economics. London & New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. Pp. 1-17.

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Drivers for Change

2014. 2014. Job Taminiau, Y-D. Wang and John Byrne. In Byrne and Wang, eds. Green Energy Economics. London & New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers. Pp. 349-360.

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Energy and Environment is Defined by Its Cross-disciplinary Basis

2014. P. Lund and J. Byrne. WIREs Energy and Environment Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 1-2.

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Review of Wind Power Tariff Policies in China

2013. Z.Hua,J. Wang, J. Byrne and L. Kurdgelashvili. Energy Policy, Vol. 53, (February): 41-50.

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Social Change to Avert Further Climate Change: Defining the Scale of Change and Principles to Guide a New Strategy

2012. J. Byrne, L. Kurdgelashvili and J. B. Taminiau. WIREs Energy and Environment Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 17-40.

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Energy Strategies to Confront Climate Change.

2012. P. Lund and J. Byrne. WIREs Energy and Environment Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 1-2.

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High Efficiency Photovoltaics: On the Way to Becoming a Major Electricity Source

2012. X. Wang, J. Byrne, L. Kurdgelashvili and A. Barnett. WIREs Energy and Environment Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 132-151.

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A Reformulation of ‘Success’ in the Climate Change Negotiations

2012. J. B. Taminiau and J. Byrne. Joint Implementation Quarterly (JIQ) Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 11-14. Full magazine can found at: jiqweb.org

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The Value of Module Efficiency in Lowering the Levelized Cost of Energy of Photovoltaic Systems

2011. X. Wang, L. Kurdgelashvili, J. Byrne and A. Barnett. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 15, 4248–4254.

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The Role of Policy in PV Industry Growth: Past, Present and Future

2011. J. Byrne and L. Kurdgelashvili. In Handbook of Photovoltaic Science and Engineering. A Luque and S. Hegedus, eds. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley and Sons. Chapter 2.

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Undoing Atmospheric Harm: Civil Action to Shrink the Carbon Footprint.

2008. John
Byrne, Lado Kurdgelashvili, and Kristen Hughes. In Peter Droege eds. Urban Energy
Transition: From Fossil Fuels to Renewable Energy. Oxford, UK: Elsevier. Pp. 27-53.
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A Sustainable Energy Future for Delaware.

2007. John Byrne, et al. A Briefing Paper to the Delaware State Legislature by the Sustainable Energy Utility Task Force

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American policy conflict in the greenhouse: Divergent trends in federal, regional, state, and local green energy and climate change policy.

2007. John Byrne, Kristen Hughes, Wilson Rickerson, and Lado Kurdgelashvili. Energy Policy, Vol. 35, No. 9 (September): 4555-4573. Chinese

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Transforming Power: Energy, Environment, and Society in Conflict.

2006. John Byrne, Noah Toly, and Leigh Glover, eds. Volume 9 in the Energy and Environmental Policy
Series. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Transaction Publishers.

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Introduction: Modern Energy and Modern Society.

2006. John Byrne, Noah Toly, and
Young-Doo Wang. In John Byrne, Noah Toly, and Leigh Glover, eds. Transforming Power:
Energy, Environment, and Society in Conflict. New Brunswick, NJ and London:
Transaction Publishers. Pp. vii-xii.

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Ellul and the Weather

2005. John Byrne and Leigh Glover.Bulletin of Science,Technology and Society, Vol. 25, No. 1. Pp 4-16. Water Conservation-Oriented Rates.2005. Young-Doo Wang, William J. Smith, Jr. and John Byrne. Denver, CO; American
Water Works Association.

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Island Bellwether: Climate Change and Energy Policy Strategy for Small Island Developing States.

2005. John Byrne, Leigh Glover, Vernese Inniss and Gerard Alleng.Prepared for Mauritius 2005 International Meeting for the Ten-year Review of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island
Developing States.

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Reclaiming the Atmospheric Commons: Beyond Kyoto.

2004. John Byrne, Leigh Glover et al. In Climate Change: Five Years after Kyoto, V. Grover ed. Enfield, NH: Science Publishers. Pp. 429-452.

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Energy Revolution: 21st Century Energy and Environmental Strategy

2004. John Byrne, Young-Doo Wang, et al. Seoul, South Korea: Maeil Kyung Jae (available for free in English and Korean).

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Island Sustainability and Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change

2002. John Byrne and Vernese Inniss. In Sustainable Development for Island Societies, M. Hsiao et al eds. Taipei, Taiwan: Academia Sinica. Pp. 3-29.

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Environmental Justice: Discourses in International Political Economy

2002. John Byrne, Cecilia Martinez and Leigh Glover, eds. Volume 8 in the Energy and Environmental Policy
series. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Transaction Publishers.

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A Brief on Environmental Justice

2002. John Byrne, Cecilia Martinez and Leigh Glover. In J. Byrne et al, eds., Environmental Justice: Discourses in International Political Economy, New Brunswick, NJ and London: Transaction Publishers. Pp. 3-17.

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Greenhouse Justice: Moving Beyond Kyoto

2002. John Byrne, Leigh Glover, Vernese Innis, Jyoti Kulkarni, Yu Mi Mun, Noah Toly and Young-Doo Wang. Position paper prepared for the Eighth Session of the Conference of Parties (COP-8), held in New Delhi, India to negotiate implementation of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. Newark, DE: Center for Energy and Environmental Policy, University of Delaware.

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The Production of Unequal Nature

2002. John Byrne, Leigh Glover and Cecilia Martinez. In In J. Byrne et al, eds., Environmental Justice: Discourses in International Political Economy, New Brunswick, NJ and London: Transaction Publishers. Pp. 261-291.

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Island Sustainability and Sustainable Development in the Context of Climate Change

2002. John Byrne and Vernese Inniss. In Hsiao, Liu and Tsai, eds. Sustainable
Development for Island Societies: Taiwan and the World. Taipei: Taiwan, Asia-Pacific
Research Program. Pp. Pp. 3-29.

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IPCC Climate Change 2001: Decision-making Frameworks

2001. F.L. Toth and M. Mwandosya (coordinating lead authors; J. Byrne is a contributing author). Working Group III of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Third Assessment Report (TAR). New York: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 601-688.

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Beyond Pollution and Risk: Energy and Environmental Policy in the Greenhouse

John Byrne and Tze-Luen Lin. 2000. Proceedings of the International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Strategies, Taipei, Taiwan (September): 1-23.

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The Postmodern Greenhouse: Creating Virtual Carbon Reductions from Business-as-Usual Energy Politics

2001. John Byrne et al. Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society. Vol. 21, No. 6: 443-455.

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Climate Shopping: Putting the Atmosphere Up for Sale

2000. John Byrne and Leigh Glover. TELA: Environment, Economy and Society Series: 28 pp. Melbourne, Australia:Australian Conservation Foundation.

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Efficient Global Warming: Contradictions in Liberal Democratic Responses to Global Environmental Problems.

John Byrne and Sun-Jin Yun. 1999. Bulletin of Science,Technology and Society. Vol. 19, No. 6: 493-500.

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An Equity- and Sustainability-Based Policy Response to Global Climate Change.

John Byrne, Young-Doo Wang, Hoesung Lee and Jong-dall Kim. 1998. Energy Policy. Vol. 26,
No. 4: 335-343.

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Equity and Sustainability in the Greenhouse: Reclaiming Our Atmospheric Commons.

1997. John Byrne. Parisar: Pune, India.

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IPCC Climate Change 1995: A Generic Assessment of Response Options.

1995. C.J. Jepma, M. Asaduzzaman, I. Minter, R.S. Maya and M. al-Moneef (lead authors: J. Byrne is a contributing author). Working Group III of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Second Assessment Report (TAR). New York: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 227-262.

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Distributing the Costs of Global Climate Change.

1994. J. Byrne, C. Hadjilambrinos and Subodh Wagle. IEEE Technology and Society Vol. 13, No. 1:17-24.

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Environmental Commodification and the Industrialization of Native American Lands

1992. John Byrne, Steven M. Hoffman and Cecilia R. Martinez. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Meeting of the National Association of Science, Technology and Society. Pp. 170-181.

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Toward a Political Economy of Climate Change

1992. John Byrne and Dan Rich. In Byrne, John and Dan Rich, eds., Energy and Environment: The Policy Challenge. New Brunswick, NJ and London: Transaction Books. Pp. 269-302.

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ORCID iD iconJohn Byrne is Director and Distinguished Professor of Energy and Climate Policy, University of Delaware. He is also President of the Foundation for Renewable Energy & Environment (FREE). The Foundation was created in 2011 with a mission of promoting a better future based on energy, water and materials conservation, renewable energy use, environmental resilience, and sustainable livelihoods.

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