Publications
Publications By Research Area
- Distributed Energy & Storage
- Efficiency, Electrification, & Flexibility
- Energy Affordability
- Energy Planning & Procurement
- Integrated Distribution System Planning - Project
- Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange - Project
- Reliability & Resilience
- Utility Regulation & Business Models
- Utility-Scale Generation & Storage
Publications By Year Range
2026
Hoen, Ben, James Diffendorfer, Joseph Rand, Louisa Kramer, Chris Garrity, and Hannah Hunt."US Wind Turbine Database Files."
(2026). DOI
Rand, Joseph, Anna Cheyette, Chris Talley, Steven Zhang, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Joachim Seel, Seongeun Jeong, and Fredrich Kahrl."Queued Up: 2026 Edition, Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2025."
(2026).
Seel, Joachim, Nick Manderlink, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Joseph Rand, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Will Cotton, and Kevin Porter."Generator Interconnection Costs to the Transmission System in non-ISO Balancing Authorities."
(2026).
Rand, Joseph, Louisa Kramer, Ben Hoen, Jay Diffendorfer, and Christopher Garrity."Out With the Old: Empirical Trends in U.S. Land‐Based Wind Turbine Decommissioning and Repowering."Wind Energy
29.3 (2026). DOI
2025
Rand, Joseph, Nick Manderlink, Steven Zhang, Chris Talley, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Joachim Seel, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Seongeun Jeong, and Fredrich Kahrl."Queued Up: 2025 Edition, Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2024."
(2025).
Gorman, Will, Joseph Rand, Anna Cheyette, Joachim Seel, Seongeun Jeong, and Ryan H Wiser."Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Operating and Proposed Plants, 2025 Data Update."
(2025).
Seel, Joachim, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Anna Cheyette, Will Gorman, Naïm R Darghouth, Dana Robson, Joseph Rand, and Seongeun Jeong."U.S. Utility-Scale Solar, 2025 Data Update."
(2025).
Elmallah, Salma, Robi Nilson, Joseph Rand, Emma Uridge, and Ben Hoen."Under-capacitated and over-powered? Rural austerity and asymmetrical negotiating relationships in US wind energy development."Journal of Rural Studies
119 (2025) 103749. DOI
O'Shaughnessy, Eric, Robi Nilson, and Joseph Rand."Go slow to go fast? A review of the impacts of permitting on large-scale solar project development."Energy Research & Social Science
127 (2025) 104318. DOI
Wiser, Ryan H, Dev Millstein, Ben Hoen, Will Gorman, Joseph Rand, Joachim Seel, Galen L Barbose, Anna Cheyette, Naïm R Darghouth, Seongeun Jeong, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Bentham Paulos."Land-Based Wind Energy Technology Update: 2025 Edition."
(2025).
Rand, Joseph, Karl Hoesch, Robi Nilson, Ben Hoen, Sarah Mills, Douglas L Bessette, and Jacob White."More power to them: U.S. large-scale solar neighbors' support for additional solar."Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy
4 (2025). DOI
Hoesch, Karl, Sarah Mills, Joseph Rand, Robi Nilson, Douglas L Bessette, Jacob White, and Ben Hoen."What to expect when you're expecting engagement: Delivering procedural justice in large-scale solar energy deployment."Energy Research & Social Science
120 (2025). DOI
2024
Wiser, Ryan H, Robi Nilson, Joseph Rand, and Bentham Paulos."Forecasts for Land-Based Wind Deployment in the United States: Wind Industry Survey Results."
(2024).
Gorman, Will, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Joseph Rand, Joachim Seel, Ryan H Wiser, Nick Manderlink, Fredrich Kahrl, Kevin Porter, and Will Cotton."Grid connection barriers to renewable energy deployment in the United States."Joule
(2024) 101791. DOI
Nilson, Robi, Joseph Rand, Ben Hoen, and Salma Elmallah."Halfway up the ladder: Developer practices and perspectives on community engagement for utility-scale renewable energy in the United States."Energy Research & Social Science
117 (2024). DOI
Gorman, Will, Joseph Rand, Nick Manderlink, Anna Cheyette, Mark Bolinger, Joachim Seel, Seongeun Jeong, and Ryan H Wiser."Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Operating and Proposed Plants, 2024 Edition."
(2024).
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."Land-Based Wind Market Report: 2024 Edition."
(2024).
Rand, Joseph, Karl Hoesch, Sarah Mills, Ben Hoen, Robi Nilson, Doug Bessette, and Jake White."Perceptions of Large-Scale Solar Project Neighbors: Results From a National Survey."
(2024).
Rand, Joseph, Nick Manderlink, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Joachim Seel, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Seongeun Jeong, and Fritz Kahrl."Queued Up: 2024 Edition, Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2023."
(2024).
Gorman, Will, Joseph Rand, Julia Matevosyan, and Fredrich Kahrl."Transmission Interconnection Roadmap: Transforming Bulk Transmission Interconnection by 2035."
(2024).
Bessette, Douglas L, Ben Hoen, Joseph Rand, Karl Hoesch, Jacob White, Sarah B Mills, and Robi Nilson."Good fences make good neighbors: Stakeholder perspectives on the local benefits and burdens of large-scale solar energy development in the United States."Energy Research & Social Science
108 (2024). DOI
Nilson, Robi, Ben Hoen, and Joseph Rand."Survey of Utility-Scale Wind and Solar Developers Report."
(2024).
2023
Brunner, Eric, Ben Hoen, Joseph Rand, and David Schwegman."Commercial Wind Turbines and Residential Home Values: New Evidence from the Universe of Land-Based Wind Projects in the United States."Energy Policy
(2023). DOI