Research

Access to electricity is essential to improving quality of life. The goal of this study is to understand how different types of electricity access affect time use between men and women and identify the everyday activities where electricity may have the greatest impact on women’s quality of life. Using the World Bank’s Multi-Tier Framework (MTF)… Read more

Most studies examining community acceptance of renewables have been based on cross-sectional rather than longitudinal data (Ellis et al, 2023). Here we pursue the latter by comparing the results of two representative surveys distributed in Michigan, the first, an IPPSR State of the State Survey (SOSS) from Fall 2017 (+/- 3.9% margin of error) (see… Read more

In Michigan (and elsewhere), rural residents, where nearly all large-scale solar and wind development occurs, consistently support renewable development less than do small town, suburban and urban residents, our new data via a 2023 YouGov survey (n = 1000) show. What’s perhaps more telling, when we look at the granular level, at solar and wind… Read more

Energies2022, 15(22), 8648; https://doi.org/10.3390/en15228648 Abstract Battery electric tractors (BETs) demonstrate considerable advantages over diesel-fueled tractors, including higher conversion efficiency, higher torque, less maintenance, and no tailpipe emissions. Converting to BETs also requires tradeoffs in the form of the batteries’ high cost, increased weight, limited energy capacity, finite charging cycles, and lengthy charging time. The extent… Read more

Climate change risks like extreme temperatures and high variability in rainfall adversely affect livelihoods, particularly for farmers in Burkina Faso where the primary sector is agriculture. Decisions on whether to adapt to these risks depend on how farmers perceive each risk and the resources they have available. In this study, we examine how long-term changes… Read more

Energy Research & Social Science, Vol. 88, June 2022 Co-authored with Jessie Crawford MSc., MSU CSUS The number of studies examining social acceptance of wind energy in the United States and Canada has increased considerably since the 1980s. Here we conduct a methodological review of wind acceptance research (WAR) literature in response to four articles… Read more