Eric O'Shaughnessy

Eric O'Shaughnessy

Eric O’Shaughnessy is an independent renewable energy research consultant. His research focuses on econometric analysis of distributed energy resource and voluntary green power markets. Dr. O’Shaughnessy received his Ph.D. in Environment and Resources from the Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He also has an M.P.A. from the LaFollette School of Public Affairs at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.S. in Environmental Economics and Policy from Michigan State University. Find more information on Dr. O’Shaughnessy’s expertise and publications at www.cleankws.com.

Contact Information

Phone: 510-486-5474

Publications

2024

Land-Based Wind Market Report: 2024 Edition

Authors: Wiser, Ryan H; Dev Millstein; Ben Hoen; Mark Bolinger; Will Gorman; Joseph Rand; Galen L Barbose; Anna Cheyette; Naïm R Darghouth; Seongeun Jeong; Julie Mulvaney Kemp; Eric O'Shaughnessy; Bentham Paulos, and Joachim Seel.
08/2024

Tracking the Sun: Pricing and Design Trends for Distributed Photovoltaic Systems in the United States, 2024 Edition

Authors: Barbose, Galen L; Naïm R Darghouth; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Sydney Forrester.
08/2024

Evaluating community solar as a measure to promote equitable clean energy access

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Galen L Barbose; Sudha Kannan, and Jenny Sumner.
06/2024

Modeling the potential effects of rooftop solar on household energy burden in the United States

Authors: Forrester, Sydney; Cristina Crespo Montañés; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Galen L Barbose.
06/2024

Exploring Wholesale Energy Price Trends: The Renewables and Wholesale Electricity Prices (ReWEP) tool, Version 2024.1

Authors: Millstein, Dev; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Ryan H Wiser.
05/2024

Climate and air quality benefits of wind and solar generation in the United States from 2019 to 2022

Authors: Millstein, Dev; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Ryan H Wiser.
05/2024

2023

Residential Solar-Adopter Income and Demographic Trends: 2023 Update

Authors: Forrester, Sydney; Galen L Barbose; Eric O'Shaughnessy; Naïm R Darghouth, and Cristina Crespo Montañés.
12/2023

The role of peer influence in rooftop solar adoption inequity in the United States

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Alexandra Grayson, and Galen L Barbose.
11/2023

Impacts of non-residential solar on residential adoption decisions

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Galen L Barbose; Alexandra Grayson; Isa Ferrall-Wolf, and Deborah Sunter.
11/2023

Tracking the Sun: Pricing and Design Trends for Distributed Photovoltaic Systems in the United States, 2023 Edition

Authors: Barbose, Galen L; Naïm R Darghouth; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Sydney Forrester.
09/2023

Land-Based Wind Market Report: 2023 Edition

Authors: Wiser, Ryan H; Mark Bolinger; Ben Hoen; Dev Millstein; Joseph Rand; Galen L Barbose; Naïm R Darghouth; Will Gorman; Seongeun Jeong; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Bentham Paulos.
08/2023

Supply sunspots and shadows: Business siting patterns and inequitable rooftop solar adoption in the United States

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Sydney Forrester, and Galen L Barbose.
02/2023

Technological diffusion trends suggest a more equitable future for rooftop solar in the United States

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; James Hyungkwan Kim, and Naïm R Darghouth.
01/2023

2022

Residential Solar-Adopter Income and Demographic Trends: November 2022 Update

Authors: Forrester, Sydney; Galen L Barbose; Eric O'Shaughnessy; Naïm R Darghouth, and Cristina Crespo Montañés.
11/2022

Tracking the Sun: Pricing and Design Trends for Distributed Photovoltaic Systems in the United States, 2022 Edition

Authors: Barbose, Galen L; Naïm R Darghouth; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Sydney Forrester.
09/2022

Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Ryan H Wiser; Ben Hoen; Joseph Rand, and Salma Elmallah.
07/2022

Levelized cost-based learning analysis of utility-scale wind and solar in the United States

Authors: Bolinger, Mark; Ryan H Wiser, and Eric O'Shaughnessy.
05/2022

Rooftop solar incentives remain effective for low- and moderate-income adoption

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric.
04/2022

Residential Solar-Adopter Income and Demographic Trends: 2022 Update

Authors: Barbose, Galen L; Sydney Forrester; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Naïm R Darghouth.
02/2022

Characterizing local rooftop solar adoption inequity in the US

Authors: Darghouth, Naïm R; Eric O'Shaughnessy; Sydney Forrester, and Galen L Barbose.
02/2022

2021

Project developer options to enhance the value of solar electricity as solar and storage penetrations increase

Authors: Kim, James Hyungkwan; Andrew D Mills; Ryan H Wiser; Mark Bolinger; Will Gorman; Cristina Crespo Montañés, and Eric O'Shaughnessy.
12/2021

Income-targeted marketing as a supply-side barrier to low-income solar adoption

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Galen L Barbose; Ryan H Wiser, and Sydney Forrester.
10/2021

Tracking the Sun: Pricing and Design Trends for Distributed Photovoltaic Systems in the United States, 2021 Edition

Authors: Barbose, Galen L; Naïm R Darghouth; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Sydney Forrester.
09/2021

Residential Solar-Adopter Income and Demographic Trends: 2021 Update

Authors: Barbose, Galen L; Sydney Forrester; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Naïm R Darghouth.
04/2021

An Assessment of Evaluation Practices of Low- And Moderate-Income Solar Programs

Authors: Paulos, Bentham; Sydney Forrester; Eric O'Shaughnessy; Christopher Dyson; Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser.
04/2021

2020

Distributed Solar 2020 Data Update

Authors: Barbose, Galen L; Naïm R Darghouth; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Sydney Forrester.
12/2020

The impact of policies and business models on income equity in rooftop solar adoption

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Galen L Barbose; Ryan H Wiser; Sydney Forrester, and Naïm R Darghouth.
11/2020

Patience is a virtue: A data-driven analysis of rooftop solar PV permitting timelines in the United States

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Galen L Barbose, and Ryan H Wiser.
09/2020

Motivations and options for deploying hybrid generator-plus-battery projects within the bulk power system

Authors: Gorman, Will; Andrew D Mills; Mark Bolinger; Ryan H Wiser; Nikita G Singhal; Erik Ela, and Eric O'Shaughnessy.
03/2020

2018

Diffusion of Innovations: Interplay of Social, Economic, Technological, and Policy Drivers in the Solar Industry—Summary of UT Austin Student Capstone Research Projects

Authors: Wiser, Ryan H; Naïm R Darghouth; Ben Hoen; Galen L Barbose; Joachim Seel; Varun Rai; Ariane Beck; Ashok Sekar; D. D Cale Reeves; Erik Funkhouser; Eric O'Shaughnessy; Ben Sigrin, and Casey Canfield.
10/2018

2016

Using the Spatial Distribution of Installers to Define Solar Photovoltaic Markets

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Gregory Nemet, and Naïm R Darghouth.
09/2016

What Factors Affect the Prices of Low-Priced U.S. Solar PV Systems?

Authors: Nemet, Gregory; Eric O'Shaughnessy; Ryan H Wiser; Naïm R Darghouth; Galen L Barbose; Kenneth Gillingham, and Varun Rai.
09/2016

Characteristics of Low-Priced Solar Photovoltaic Systems in the United States

Authors: Nemet, Gregory; Eric O'Shaughnessy; Ryan H Wiser; Naïm R Darghouth; Galen L Barbose; Kenneth Gillingham, and Varun Rai.
01/2016