Joe Rand

Joseph (Joe) Rand is an Energy Policy Researcher in the Electricity Markets and Policy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Joe conducts research and analysis on renewable energy, including: renewable energy policy, cost, and market analysis; spatial data analysis; and research related to social impacts, interconnection, and deployment barriers of renewable energy.

Joe was awarded an "Excellence Award" from the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) in 2022, the Switzer Environmental Fellowship, a research fellowship from the Hydro Research Foundation, and the 'Novus Ventus' award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Power Program.

Joe holds a master’s degree in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from Macalester College.

(707) 633-8508

1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

Joseph (Joe) Rand is an Energy Policy Researcher in the Electricity Markets and Policy Group at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Joe conducts research and analysis on renewable energy, including: renewable energy policy, cost, and market analysis; spatial data analysis; and research related to social impacts, interconnection, and deployment barriers of renewable energy.

Joe was awarded an "Excellence Award" from the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG) in 2022, the Switzer Environmental Fellowship, a research fellowship from the Hydro Research Foundation, and the 'Novus Ventus' award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Power Program.

Joe holds a master’s degree in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from Macalester College.

(707) 633-8508

1 Cyclotron Road Berkeley, CA 94720 USA

2023

Seel, Joachim, Joseph Rand, Will Gorman, Dev Millstein, Ryan H Wiser, Will Cotton, Katherine Fisher, Olivia Kuykendall, Ari Weissfeld, and Kevin Porter. "Interconnection Cost Analysis in the PJM Territory." 2023.

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Technical Brief PDF (4.08 MB)

Data File XLSX (1.75 MB)

Hoen, Ben, James Diffendorfer, Joseph Rand, Louisa Kramer, Chris Garrity, and Hannah Hunt. "US Wind Turbine Database Files." 2023.

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Memo V5.3 (2023-01-13) PDF (243.72 KB)

Codebook V5.3 (2023-01-13) XLS (15.68 KB)

Kemp, Julie Mulvaney, Joachim Seel, Joseph Rand, Dev Millstein, Fredrich Kahrl, Will Gorman, Ryan H Wiser, Will Cotton, and Kevin Porter. "Interconnection Cost Analysis in the NYISO Territory." 2023.

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Technical Brief PDF (4.17 MB)

Data File XLSX (1.66 MB)

Seel, Joachim, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Joseph Rand, Will Gorman, Dev Millstein, Ryan H Wiser, Ari Weissfeld, Nicholas DiSanti, and Kevin Porter. "Generator Interconnection Cost Analysis in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Territory." 2023.

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Technical Brief PDF (2.95 MB)

Data File XLSX (1.75 MB)

Rand, Joseph, Rose Strauss, Will Gorman, Joachim Seel, Julie Mulvaney Kemp, Seongeun Jeong, Dana Robson, and Ryan H Wiser. Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2022. 2023.

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Queued Up 2022 Briefing PDF (15.58 MB)

Queues 2022 Data File XLSX (6.15 MB)

Hoen, Ben, Ryan Darlow, Ryan Haac, Joseph Rand, and Ken Kaliski. "Effects of land-based wind turbine upsizing on community sound levels and power and energy density." Applied Energy 15 (2023).

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Journal Article PDF (6.61 MB)

Visual Abstract PDF (226.89 KB)

Presentation PDF (2.01 MB)

2022

Seel, Joachim, Will Gorman, Galen L Barbose, Mark Bolinger, Cristina Crespo Montañés, Sydney Forrester, James Hyungkwan Kim, Fredrich Kahrl, Andrew D Mills, Dev Millstein, Bentham Paulos, Joseph Rand, Cody Warner, and Ryan H Wiser. Batteries Included: Top 10 Findings from Berkeley Lab Research on the Growth of Hybrid Power Plants in the United States. 2022.

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Report PDF (3.84 MB)

Briefing PDF (2.46 MB)

Fact Sheet PDF (447.37 KB)

Rand, Joseph, Ryan H Wiser, Will Gorman, Dev Millstein, Joachim Seel, Seongeun Jeong, and Dana Robson. Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2021. 2022.

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Queued Up 2021 Briefing PDF (14.48 MB)

Queues 2021 Data File XLSX (5.21 MB)

Queues 2021 Fact Sheet PDF (323.14 KB)

Gill, Elizabeth, and Joseph Rand. "Understanding Costs Associated with Wind Energy Opposition and Stakeholder Engagement." 2022.

Beiter, Philipp, Joseph Rand, Joachim Seel, Eric Lantz, Patrick Gilman, and Ryan H Wiser. "Expert perspectives on the wind plant of the future." Wind Energy (2022).

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Fact Sheet PDF (375.41 KB)

Haac, Ryan, Ryan Darlow, Ken Kaliski, Joseph Rand, and Ben Hoen. "In the shadow of wind energy: Predicting community exposure and annoyance to wind turbine shadow flicker in the United States." Energy Research & Social Science 87 (2022).

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Presentation PDF (2.75 MB)

Journal Article PDF (5.61 MB)

Factsheet PDF (235.68 KB)

O'Shaughnessy, Eric, Ryan H Wiser, Ben Hoen, Joseph Rand, and Salma Elmallah. "Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States." Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning (2022).

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Preprint Journal Article PDF (1.07 MB)

Fact Sheet PDF (256 KB)

Elmallah, Salma, and Joseph Rand. "“After the leases are signed, it's a done deal”: Exploring procedural injustices for utility-scale wind energy planning in the United States." Energy Research & Social Science 89 (2022).

Bolinger, Mark, Will Gorman, Joseph Rand, Seongeun Jeong, Ryan H Wiser, Joachim Seel, and Cody Warner. Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Operating and Proposed Plants, 2022 Edition. 2022.

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Briefing PDF (8.74 MB)

Data File PDF (11.02 MB)

Wiser, Ryan H, Mark Bolinger, Ben Hoen, Dev Millstein, Joseph Rand, Galen L Barbose, Naïm R Darghouth, Will Gorman, Seongeun Jeong, and Bentham Paulos. Land-Based Wind Market Report: 2022 Edition. 2022.

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Report PDF (9.43 MB)

Briefing PDF (4.33 MB)

Data File XLSM (27.63 MB)

Seel, Joachim, Joseph Rand, Will Gorman, Dev Millstein, Ryan H Wiser, Will Cotton, Nicholas DiSanti, and Kevin Porter. "Generator Interconnection Cost Analysis in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) territory." 2022.

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Brief PDF (2.83 MB)

Data File XLXS (1.73 MB)

2021

Wiser, Ryan H, Joseph Rand, Joachim Seel, Philipp Beiter, Erin Baker, Eric Lantz, and Patrick Gilman. "Expert elicitation survey predicts 37% to 49% declines in wind energy costs by 2050." Nature Energy (2021).

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Pre-print Journal Article PDF (2.12 MB)

Factsheet PDF (340.44 KB)

Briefing PDF (6.99 MB)

Survey Data File XLSX (401.06 KB)

Blog PDF (923.19 KB)

Wiser, Ryan H, Dev Millstein, Joseph Rand, Paul Donohoo-Vallett, Patrick Gilman, and Trieu Mai. Halfway to Zero: Progress towards a Carbon-Free Power Sector. 2021.

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Report PDF (1.61 MB)

Figures PPT (1.95 MB)

Rand, Joseph, Mark Bolinger, Ryan H Wiser, Seongeun Jeong, and Bentham Paulos. Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2020. 2021.

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Briefing PDF (2.85 MB)

Queues Data File XLSX (2.22 MB)

Bolinger, Mark, Will Gorman, Joseph Rand, Ryan H Wiser, Seongeun Jeong, Joachim Seel, Cody Warner, and Bentham Paulos. Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Installed and Proposed Projects. 2021.

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Report PDF (5.21 MB)

Fact Sheet PDF (1.02 MB)

Wiser, Ryan H, Mark Bolinger, Ben Hoen, Dev Millstein, Joseph Rand, Galen L Barbose, Naïm R Darghouth, Will Gorman, Seongeun Jeong, Andrew D Mills, and Ben Paulos. Land-Based Wind Market Report: 2021 Edition. 2021.

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Report PDF (3.7 MB)

Briefing PDF (10.5 MB)

Data File XLSM (20.78 MB)

2020

Rand, Joseph, Louisa Kramer, Christopher Garrity, Ben Hoen, James Diffendorfer, Hannah Hunt, and Michael Spears. "A continuously updated, geospatially rectified database of utility-scale wind turbines in the United States." Scientific Data 7.15 (2020).

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Journal Article PDF (2.04 MB)

Bolinger, Mark, Eric Lantz, Ryan H Wiser, Ben Hoen, Joseph Rand, and Robert Hammond. "Opportunities for and Challenges to Further Reductions in the “Specific Power” Rating of Wind Turbines Installed in the United States." Wind Engineering (2020).

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Pre-print Article PDF (1.2 MB)

Webinar Slides PDF (1.77 MB)

Wiser, Ryan H, Mark Bolinger, Will Gorman, Joseph Rand, Seongeun Jeong, Joachim Seel, Cody Warner, and Ben Paulos. "Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Installed and Proposed Projects." 2020.

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Report PDF (3.22 MB)

2019

Haac, Ryan, Ken Kaliski, Matt Landis, Ben Hoen, Joseph Rand, Jeremy Firestone, Debi Elliott, Gundula Hübner, and Johannes Pohl. "Wind turbine audibility and noise annoyance in a national U.S. survey: Individual perception and influencing factors." The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 146.1124 (2019).

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Presentation PDF (5.74 MB)

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