Research Results
JOURNAL ARTICLES UNDER REVIEW
Imelda, M. Fripp, and M. J. Roberts, “Variable pricing and the cost of renewable energy.” Preprint.
J. Rahman and M. Fripp, “Provision of Inertial and Droop Response by Controlling the Charging Rate of Battery Pack,” Preprint.
PEER-REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES
F. Najafi and M. Fripp, “Stochastic Optimization of Electric Water Heater Under Dynamic Pricing Using Mixed Integer Linear Programming,” Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments, vol. 42, Dec. 2020, 100834.
J. Johnston, R. Henríquez, B. Maluenda and M. Fripp, “Switch 2.0: a modern platform for planning high-renewable power systems,” SoftwareX, vol. 10, July–Dec. 2019, 100251.
M. Fripp, “Intercomparison between Switch 2.0 and GE MAPS models for simulation of high-renewable power systems in Hawaii,” Energy, Sustainability and Society, vol. 8, no. 1, p. 41, Dec. 2018.
F. Najafi, M. Hamzeh and M. Fripp, “Unbalanced Current Sharing Control in Islanded Low Voltage Microgrids,” Energies, vol. 11, no. 10, 2018, p. 2776.
A. Izawa and M. Fripp, “Multi-Objective Control of Air Conditioning Improves Cost, Comfort and System Energy Balance,” Energies, vol. 11, no. 9, 2018, p. 2373,
S. A. Fatemi, A. Kuh, and M. Fripp, “Parametric methods for probabilistic forecasting of solar irradiance,” Renewable Energy, vol. 129, no. Part A, pp. 666–676, Dec. 2018. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2018.06.022
S. Nourollah, A. Pirayesh, and M. Fripp, “Multitier decentralized control scheme using energy storage unit and load management in inverter-based AC microgrids,” Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, vol. 25, pp. 735–751, 2017. http://online.journals.tubitak.gov.tr/openDoiPdf.htm?mKodu=elk-1506-64
S. A. Fatemi, A. Kuh, and M. Fripp, “Online and batch methods for solar radiation forecast under asymmetric cost functions,” Renewable Energy, vol. 91, pp. 397–408, Jun. 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2016.01.058
J. Carland, M. Umeda, T. Wilkey, A. Oberbeck, J. Cumming, N. Parks, M. Fripp, A. Kuh, and D. Garmire, “Self-Sustaining Meteorological Wireless Sensor Networks,” Sensors & Transducers, vol. 160, no. 12, pp. 118–124, Dec. 2013. http://www.sensorsportal.com/HTML/DIGEST/P_1588.htm
M. Fripp, “Switch: a planning tool for power systems with large shares of intermittent renewable energy,” Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 46, no. 11, pp. 6371–6378, Jun. 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es204645c
J. Nelson, J. Johnston, A. Mileva, M. Fripp, I. Hoffman, A. Petros-Good, C. Blanco, and D. M. Kammen, “High-resolution modeling of the western North American power system demonstrates low-cost and low-carbon futures,” Energy Policy, vol. 43, pp. 436–447, Apr. 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2012.01.031
B. J. Krohn and M. Fripp, “A life cycle assessment of biodiesel derived from the ‘niche filling’ energy crop camelina in the USA,” Applied Energy, vol. 92, pp. 92–98, Apr. 2012. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306261911006799
M. Fripp, “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Operating Reserves Used to Backup Large-Scale Wind Power,” Environmental Science & Technology, vol. 45, no. 21, pp. 9405–9412, Nov. 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es200417b
M. Fripp, “Optimal investment in wind and solar power in California,” Doctoral dissertation, Energy and Resources Group, University of California, Berkeley, Oct. 2008. http://gradworks.umi.com/33/88/3388273.html
M. Fripp and R. H. Wiser, “Effects of Temporal Wind Patterns on the Value of Wind-Generated Electricity in California and the Northwest,” IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 477–485, May 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2008.919427
D.
A. Ghertner and M. Fripp, “Trading away damage: Quantifying
environmental leakage through consumption-based, life-cycle analysis,” Ecological
Economics, vol. 63, no. 2–3, pp. 563–577, Aug. 2007.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800906006045
WHITE PAPERS, REPORTS, CONFERENCE PAPERS AND BOOK CHAPTERS
M. Fripp, “Inter-model Comparison Between GE MAPS
and Switch 2.0 for Production-Cost Modeling of a High-Renewable Power
System,” Electric Vehicle Transportation Center, HI-20-17, Jul. 2018.
http://publications.energyresearch.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/HI-20-17.pdf
Imelda, M. Fripp, and M. J. Roberts, “Variable pricing and the cost of renewable energy,” National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, NBER Working Paper No. 24712, Jun. 2018. http://www.nber.org/papers/w24712
M.
J. Roberts, R. Pratt, M. Coffman, and M. Fripp, “Realigning
Institutions to Fit New Technologies,” University of Hawaii Economic Research
Organization (UHERO), Honolulu, Hawaii, Nov. 2017.
http://uhero.hawaii.edu/assets/GoverningGreenPowerConferenceReport.pdf
M. Fripp, “Effect of Electric Vehicles on Design, Operation and Cost of a 100% Renewable Power System,” University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO), Honolulu, Hawaii, Working Paper No. 2017-3, Mar. 2017. http://www.uhero.hawaii.edu/products/view/568
M. Fripp, “PSIP Data Recommendations,” in Hawaiian Electric Companies’ PSIPs Update Report, Vol. 2, Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaiian Electric Company, 2016, p. B.222–B.230. https://cca.hawaii.gov/dca/files/2016/12/dkt_2014_0183_20161223_companies_PSIP_update_report_2_of_4.pdf
P. Das, D. Chermakani, and M. Fripp, “Development of SWITCH-Hawaii Model: Loads and Renewable Resources,” Electric Vehicle Transportation Center, HI-13-16, Aug. 2016. http://evtc.fsec.ucf.edu/publications/documents/HI-13-16.pdf
S. A. Fatemi, A. Kuh, and M. Fripp, “Solar radiation forecast under convex piecewise linear cost functions,” in 2016 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Vancouver, CA, July 2016, pp. 4985–4990. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2016.7727856
M. Fripp, “Making an Optimal Plan for 100% Renewable Power in Hawaii - Preliminary Results from the SWITCH Power System Planning Model,” University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO), Honolulu, Hawaii, Working Paper No. 2016-1, Jan. 2016. http://www.uhero.hawaii.edu/assets/WP_2016-1.pdf
P. Das and M. Fripp, “Savings and peak reduction due to optimally-timed charging of electric vehicles on the Oahu power system,” Electric Vehicle Transportation Center, HI-14-17, Dec. 2015. http://fsec.ucf.edu/en/publications/pdf/HI-14-17.pdf
M. Coffman, M. Fripp, M. J. Roberts, and N. Tarui, “Efficient Design of Net Metering Agreements in Hawaii and Beyond,” University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization (UHERO), Aug. 2015. http://www.uhero.hawaii.edu/assets/Net_Metering.pdf
M. Motoki, M. Umeda, M. Fripp, and A. Kuh, “Approximate Dynamic Programming for Control of a Residential Water Heater,” presented at the International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), Killarney, Ireland, July 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IJCNN.2015.7280735
S. Fatemi, A. Kuh, M. Fripp, and others, “Online solar radiation forecasting under asymmetric cost functions,” in Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association, 2014 Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA), 2014, pp. 1–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/APSIPA.2014.7041755
M. Fripp, “Life-Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Clean Coal, Clean Gas and Wind Generators,” Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, Oxford, UK, Apr. 2009. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/papers/Fripp_2009_Generator_LCA.pdf
D. Poputoaia and M.
Fripp, “European Experience with Tradable Green Certificates and Feed-In
Tariffs for Renewable Electricity Support,” Environmental Change Institute,
Oxford University, Oxford, UK, Dec. 2008.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/papers/Poputoaia_and_Fripp_2008_TGCs_and_FITs.pdf
M. Fripp and R. Wiser, “Analyzing the Effects of Temporal Wind Patterns on the Value of Wind-Generated Electricity at Different Sites in California and the Northwest,” Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, LBNL-60152, Jun. 2006. http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/883800-DgRF1u/
D.
M. Kammen, K. Kapadia, and M. Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How
Many Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Generate?,” Renewable and Appropriate
Energy Laboratory, U.C. Berkeley, Berkeley, California, Jan. 2006.
http://rael.berkeley.edu/old_drupal/sites/default/files/very-old-site/renewables.jobs.2006.pdf
R. McCann, D. Burtraw, M. Fripp, and S. Moss, “Recommendations for the design of modeling and analysis of the electricity sector to guide options for climate policy in California,” in Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California, W. M. Hanemann and A. E. Farrell, Eds., The California Climate Change Center at UC Berkeley, January 2006. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/papers/Hanemann_Farrell_2006_California_Climate.pdf
Solar Power Fact Sheet, Renewable Northwest Project, Portland, Oregon, 1999.
Wind Power Fact Sheet, Renewable Northwest Project, Portland, Oregon, 1999.
Geothermal Power Fact Sheet, Renewable Northwest Project, Portland, Oregon, 1999.
INVITED TALKS
M. Fripp, “Switch: A modern platform for planning high-renewable power systems,” presented at panel on Open Decarbonization: Open Source Models to Inform Action at Climate Week NYC, 24-Sep-2020.
M. Fripp, “Generation Adequacy with Variable Generation,” presented at the 2018 UVIG Spring Technical Workshop (Online), 25-Mar-2020.
M. Fripp, “Switch 2.0 Tutorial,” presented at the
Environmental Defense Fund Emerging Economics Issues Workshop, New York, New
York, 22-Aug-2019.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2019-08-22_EDF_Switch_Tutorial.pdf
M. Fripp and M. Roberts, “Switch 2.0: Open-Source
Planning Software for High-Renewable Power Systems with Storage and Demand
Response,” presented at the Environmental Defense Fund Emerging Economics
Issues Workshop, New York, New York, 21-Aug-2019.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_Roberts_2019-08-21_Switch_Overview.pdf
M. Fripp, “Supply and demand options for the renewable
energy transition,” presented at the EUCI 2019 Hawai’i Power Summit,
Honolulu, Hawaii, 16-Jan-2019.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2019-01-16_EUCI_Supply_Demand.pdf
M. Fripp, “Efficient market design for the renewable
energy transition,” presented at the Hawaii Clean Energy Law and Finance
Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii, 14-Sep-2018.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2018-09-14_HCELF_Market_Design.pdf
M. Fripp, “Variable pricing and the social cost of renewable energy,” presented at Governing Green Power II: How should utilities of the future make money? (conference co-organizer), Honolulu, Hawaii, 12-Apr-2018. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2018-04-12_GGP_Variable_Pricing.pdf
M. Fripp, “Simplified Chronological Capacity Expansion Planning Model with Storage, Demand Response and Unit Commitment,” presented at the 2018 UVIG Spring Technical Workshop, Tucson, Arizona, 14-Mar-2018. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2018-03-14_UVIG_Switch.pdf
M. Fripp, “Planning a Transition to 100% Renewable Power in Hawaii,” presented at the 2018 UVIG Spring Technical Workshop, Tucson, Arizona, 14-Mar-2018. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2018-03-14_UVIG_Hawaii_100.pdf
M. Fripp and M. J. Roberts, “Variable Pricing and the Social Cost of Renewable Energy,” presented at the 23rd Annual POWER Conference on Energy Research and Policy, Berkeley, California, 23-Mar-2018. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_Roberts_2018-03-23_Berkeley_Power.pdf
M. Fripp and M. J. Roberts, “Variable Pricing and the Social Cost of Renewable Energy,” presented at the NBER Economics of Energy Distribution Workshop, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 7-Mar-2018. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_Roberts_2018-03-07_NBER_Pricing.pdf
M.
Fripp, “Performance-Based Ratemaking to Drive Least-Cost Planning,”
presented at the EUCI 7th Hawai‘i Power Summit—“Setting the Table for
Success,” Honolulu, Hawaii, 30-Nov-2017.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2017-11-30_EUCI_PBR.pdf
M. Fripp, “Incentive Problems in Planning the Transition to 100% Renewable Power,” presented at the EUCI 7th Hawai‘i Power Summit - “Setting the Table for Success,” Honolulu, Hawaii, 30-Nov-2017. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2017-11-30_EUCI_Incentives.pdf
M. Fripp, “Why Not Build the Best Power System? – Problems with Ratebase-Indexed Compensation,” presented at the Hawaii Clean Energy Law and Finance Workshop, Honolulu, Hawaii, 21-Jul-2017. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2017-07-21_HCELF_Ratebase.pdf
M. Fripp, “New Ideas for
Making Market-Based Electricity Systems Work Better with Renewable Energy,”
presented at Governing Green Power: Realigning Institutions to Fit
New Technologies (conference co-organizer), Honolulu, Hawaii, 29-Mar-2017.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2017-03-29_GGP_New_Ideas.pdf
M. Fripp, “Current Institutions and Challenges with Intermittent Renewables,” presented at Governing Green Power: Realigning Institutions to Fit New Technologies (conference co-organizer), Honolulu, Hawaii, 28-Mar-2017. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2017-03-28_GGP_Challenges.pdf
M. Fripp, “Designing a 100% Renewable Power System
for Hawaii,” presented to delegation from Beijing University of Civil
Engineering and Architecture at University of Hawaii, 9-Mar-2017.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2017-03-09_BUCEA_100_percent.pdf
M. Fripp, “Optimal Design and Operation of Power Systems with Large Shares of Renewable Energy,” presented at the Stanford University Energy Resources Engineering Seminar, Palo Alto, California, 6-Feb-2017. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2017-02-06_Stanford.pdf
M. Fripp, “PSIP Data Recommendations,” presented at the Hawaiian Electric Company PSIP Stakeholder Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 19-Oct-2016. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_HECO_2016-10-19_HECO_PSIP_Data.pdf
M. Fripp, “SWITCH: A Capacity Expansion Model for Power Systems with Large Shares of Renewable Energy,” presented to Hawaii Division of Consumer Advocacy – Public Utilities, Honolulu, Hawaii, 29-Sep-2016. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2016-09-29_DCA_Switch.pdf
M. Fripp, “Methodology discussion with HECO modelers,” co-leader of session at the Hawaiian Electric Company PSIP Stakeholder Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 22-Sep-2016. [no slides]
M. Fripp, “SWITCH model details,” presented at
Hawaii State Energy Office, Honolulu, Hawaii, 11-Aug-2016.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2018-08-11_HSEO_Switch.pdf
M.
Fripp, “Consensus-Based Power System Planning Using Open Assumptions and
Models,” presented at the Hawaiian Electric Company PSIP Stakeholder Meeting,
Honolulu, Hawaii, 29-Jun-2016.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2016-06-29_HECO_Consensus.pdf
K.
Datta and M. Fripp, “Valuing Risk in the Power Supply Improvement
Plans,” presented at the Hawaiian Electric Company PSIP Stakeholder Meeting, Honolulu,
Hawaii, 29-Jun-2016.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Datta_Fripp_2016-06-29_HECO_Risk.pdf
Imelda, M. Fripp, and M. J. Roberts, “The potential value of demand response in high-renewable power systems,” presented at the NBER Future of Energy Distribution conference, Berkeley, California, 19-Mar-2016. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Roberts_Fripp_2016-03-19_NBER_DR.pdf
M. Fripp, “Optimal Generation Portfolios to Reach 100% Renewable Power”, presented at Blue Planet Foundation Board of Directors Meeting, Honolulu, Hawaii, 23-Feb-2016. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2016-02-23_Blue_Planet.pdf
M. Fripp, “Optimal Generation Portfolios to Reach 100% Renewable Power”, presented to Engineers and Architects of Hawaii, 19-Feb-2016. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2016-01-28_EUCI_100_percent.pdf
M. Fripp, “The Big Paradigm Shift for Grid Power”, ThinkTech Hawaii, 12-Feb-2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Db2XJprGbg
M. Fripp, “Optimal Generation Portfolios to Reach 100% Renewable Power”, presented at EUCI 5th Annual Hawaii Power Summit, Honolulu, Hawaii, 28-Jan-2016. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2016-01-28_EUCI_100_percent.pdf
M. Fripp, “Resource Combinations to Achieve 100% Renewable Power (Oahu focus),” presented at Hawaiian Electric Company PSIP Stakeholder Conference, 17-Dec-2015. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp _2015-12-17_HECO_PSIP.pdf
M. Fripp, “Getting to 100% Renewables”, ThinkTech Hawaii, 2-Dec-2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SZwSUItNgE
M. Fripp (2015), “Using Variable Pricing to Balance Demand with Variable Supply from Renewables? A Case Study of Oahu, Hawaii”, presented at Western Economic Association International 90th Annual Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 30-Jun-2015. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2015-06-30_WEAI_RTP.pdf
M. Fripp, “Using Demand Response to Help Integrate Large Shares of Renewable Power,” presented at KEDB Energy Conference – Transforming Kauai's Energy Sector, Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii, 14-Aug-2013. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2013-08-14_KEDB_DR_and_RE.pdf
M. Fripp, “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Reserves
Used to Backup Large-Scale Wind Power,” presented at Association of American
Geographers Annual Conference, New York City, NY, 24-Feb-2012.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2012-02-24_AAG_Reserve_GHGs.pdf
M. Fripp, “Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Operating Reserves Used to Backup Large-Scale Wind Power,” presented at Utility Wind Integration Group Fall Technical Workshop, Lahaina, Maui, HI, 12-Oct-2011. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2011-10-12_UWIG_Reserve_GHGs.pdf
M. Fripp, “The Cost of Using Wind and Solar Power to Achieve Radical Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions,” presented at Association of American Geographers Annual Conference, Washington, DC, 16-Apr-2010. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2010-04-16_AAG_Reductions.pdf
M. Fripp, “Optimal Investment in Wind and Solar
Power in California, 2010-2025,” presented at Chair’s Air Pollution Seminar,
California Air Resources Board, Sacramento, California, 17-Feb-2009.
https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2009-02-17_ARB_Switch.pdf
M. Fripp, “Optimal Investment in Wind and Solar Power in California,” presented to California Public Utility Commission, Sacramento, California, 13-Feb-2009. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2009-02-13_Switch.pdf
M. Fripp, “Optimal Investment in Wind and Solar Power in California,” presented at Energy and Resources Group Colloquium, Berkeley, California, 1-Oct-2008. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2008-10-01_ERG_Switch.pdf
M. Fripp, “Putting Renewables to Work: How Many Jobs
Can the
Clean Energy Industry Generate?” presented at Employment Effects of Renewable
Energy Systems workshop, German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature
Conservation and Nuclear Safety, 24-April-2007. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2007-04-24_Jobs_and_Renewables.pdf
M. Fripp and Ryan H. Wiser, “Effects of Temporal Wind Patterns on the Value of Wind-Generated Electricity at Different Sites in California and the Northwest,” presented at United States Association for Energy Economics, 26th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference, Ann Arbor, MI, 25-Sep-2006. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2006-09-25_USAEE_Wind_Timing.pdf
M. Fripp and R. H. Wiser, “Analyzing the Effects of Temporal Wind Patterns on the Value of Wind-Generated Electricity at Different Sites in California and the Northwest,” presented at National Wind Technology Center, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado, 07-Aug-2006. https://ee.hawaii.edu/public/gfx/contents/mfripp/talks/Fripp_2006-08-07_NREL_Wind_Timing.pdf