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Ryan Wiser is affiliated with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of engineering, with a focus on subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, sociology and political science, aerospace engineering, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, and economics and econometrics.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as integrated energy systems optimization, social acceptance of renewable energy, electric power system optimization, wind energy research and development, energy, environment, and transportation policies, climate change policy and economics, and smart grid energy management.

Ryan Wiser has authored multiple papers, with notable recent publications including:

  • Expert elicitation survey predicts 37% to 49% declines in wind energy costs by 2050 (2021, Nature Energy)
  • Emissions and energy impacts of the Inflation Reduction Act (2023, Science)
  • The impact of policies and business models on income equity in rooftop solar adoption (2020, Nature Energy)
  • Solar and wind grid system value in the United States: The effect of transmission congestion, generation profiles, and curtailment (2021, Joule)
  • Motivations and options for deploying hybrid generator-plus-battery projects within the bulk power system (2020, The Electricity Journal)

Frequent collaborators in their work include Dev Millstein, Mark Bolinger, Eric O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Mills, and Will Gorman. Ryan Wiser has published frequently in venues such as Applied Energy, Joule, Nature Energy, Science, and The Electricity Journal.

Best Publications

  • Grand challenges in the science of wind energy

    Paul Veers;Katherine Dykes;Eric Lantz;Stephan Barth

  • Fostering a renewable energy technology industry: An international comparison of wind industry policy support mechanisms

    Joanna I. Lewis;Ryan H. Wiser

  • Using contingent valuation to explore willingness to pay for renewable energy: A comparison of collective and voluntary payment vehicles

    Ryan H. Wiser

  • Policies and market factors driving wind power development in the United States

    Lori Bird;Mark Bolinger;Troy Gagliano;Ryan Wiser

  • Expert elicitation survey predicts 37% to 49% declines in wind energy costs by 2050

    Ryan Wiser;Joseph Rand;Joachim Seel;Philipp Beiter

  • 2009 Wind Technologies Market Report

    Ryan Wiser;Mark Bolinger

  • Annex III - Technology-specific cost and performance parameters

    Thomas Bruckner;Lew Fulton;Edgar Hertwich;Alan McKinnon

  • The Impact of Rate Design and Net Metering on the Bill Savings from Distributed PV for Residential Customers in California

    Naïm R. Darghouth;Naïm R. Darghouth;Galen Barbose;Ryan Wiser

  • Expert elicitation survey on future wind energy costs

    Ryan Wiser;Karen Jenni;Joachim Seel;Erin Baker

  • 2010 Wind Technologies Market Report

    Ryan Wiser;Mark Bolinger

  • The renewables portfolio standard in Texas: an early assessment

    Ole Langniss;Ryan Wiser

  • Photovoltaic (PV) Pricing Trends: Historical, Recent, and Near-Term Projections

    David Feldman;Galen Barbose;Robert Margolis;Ryan Wiser

  • Future emerging technologies in the wind power sector: A European perspective

    Simon Watson;Alberto Moro;Vera Reis;Charalampos Baniotopoulos

  • Renewable Portfolio Standards in the United States - A Status Report with Data Through 2007

    Ryan Wiser

  • Wind Vision: A New Era for Wind Power in the United States

    Ryan Wiser;Eric Lantz;Trieu Mai;Jose Zayas

  • Renewable Electricity Futures for the United States

    Trieu Mai;M. Maureen Hand;Samuel F. Baldwin;Ryan H. Wiser

  • Changes in the Economic Value of Photovoltaic Generation at High Penetration Levels: A Pilot Case Study of California

    Andrew D. Mills;Ryan H. Wiser

  • The Experience with Renewable Portfolio Standards in the United States

    Ryan Wiser;Christopher Namovicz;Mark Gielecki;Robert Smith

  • A retrospective analysis of benefits and impacts of U.S. renewable portfolio standards

    Galen Barbose;Ryan Wiser;Jenny Heeter;Trieu Mai

  • The climate and air-quality benefits of wind and solar power in the United States

    Dev Millstein;Ryan Wiser;Mark Bolinger;Galen Barbose

  • 2012 Wind Technologies Market Report

    Ryan Wiser

  • The renewables portfolio standard in Texas: An early assessment

    Ryan H. Wiser;Ole Langniss

Frequent Co-Authors

Trieu Mai
Trieu Mai National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Robert Margolis
Robert Margolis National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Garvin Heath
Garvin Heath National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Kenneth Gillingham
Kenneth Gillingham Yale University
Michael Milligan
Michael Milligan National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Paul Denholm
Paul Denholm National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Charles R. Goldman
Charles R. Goldman University of California, Davis
Mark O'Malley
Mark O'Malley Imperial College London
Afzal S. Siddiqui
Afzal S. Siddiqui Stockholm University
Chris Marnay
Chris Marnay Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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