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Balancing Local Priorities With Regional Decarbonization: Strategies for Utility-Scale Solar Expansion
Balancing Local Priorities With Regional Decarbonization: Strategies for Utility-Scale Solar Expansion
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- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202105224
- ISBN
- 9798291566527
- DDC
- 621
- 서명/저자
- Balancing Local Priorities With Regional Decarbonization: Strategies for Utility-Scale Solar Expansion
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : University of Michigan, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 155 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-02, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Craig, Michael T.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Michigan, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Utility-scale solar photovoltaics (PV) are critical to power sector decarbonization, yet their deployment faces significant land-use conflicts, regulatory hurdles, and socio-economic tradeoffs that threaten regional decarbonization goals. While land availability is often considered non-binding, this dissertation demonstrates that siting barriers, driven by local zoning ordinances, economic tradeoffs, and land-use choices, substantially impede solar expansion and increase decarbonization costs. Through integrated geospatial analysis, economic modeling, and power system modeling, this research quantifies the impact of these constraints and identifies strategies to align solar deployment with community interests and regional decarbonization targets.In Chapter 2, we quantify the impact of utility-scale solar zoning ordinances on power sector decarbonization by integrating approximately 2,500 local ordinances across six Great Lakes states into a power system model that minimizes generation and transmission investment costs. Our results reveal that local zoning ordinances reduce utility-scale PV investment by 18% (8 GW) and increase system costs by $4.8 billion by 2040. We find that where solar is neither explicitly permitted nor prohibited excludes more prime solar sites from consideration than outright bans or stringent setback requirements, leading to investment shifts toward natural gas (3 GW) and storage (900 MW). Declines in PV investment are even more pronounced at the state level, with Michigan and Wisconsin experiencing reductions of up to 42%. These findings underscore the importance of zoning reforms that clarify solar siting rules to avoid undermining state and federal decarbonization goals.Chapter 3 develops a multi-objective optimization framework that minimizes system costs while maximizing the local economic benefits of utility-scale solar. These benefits reflect the share of revenues retained within the local economy, including property tax revenues and land lease payments, offset by the opportunity costs of converting productive farmland for solar. We showthat prioritizing solar development in counties with larger economies and lower-productivity farmland increases net economic benefits by 11% ($1 billion), with only a 0.5% increase in system costs relative to a scenario that minimizes system costs alone. Higher economic benefits are observed in large counties (up to 40% more than in smaller counties) primarily driven by increased property tax revenues. Conversely, siting projects on high-quality farmland can reduce local economic benefits by as much as 16%. We also demonstrate that community benefit-informed siting shifts investments across states. Based on these findings, we recommend integrating economic considerations into utility-scale solar planning to better align decarbonization goals with regional and local economic development priorities and to enhance community acceptance.Chapter 4 shifts focus to land-use tradeoffs across the Eastern U.S., comparing contaminated lands (brownfields, landfills) and greenfields. Contaminated sites offer public acceptance but limited capacity (approximately 70 GW, or 0.6% of greenfield capacity), and meet less than 14% of regional peak demand, while also incurring 25% higher costs than greenfields. By contrast, low-impact greenfields (e.g., rangelands) provide abundant, cost-effective potential. A balanced strategy; prioritizing contaminated lands where feasible while expanding to low-conflict greenfields; is essential for scalable decarbonization, alongside transmission investments to access high-potential areas.Collectively, this work establishes that de-risking solar deployment requires harmonizing zoning, local economic benefits, and strategic land-use allocation within the context of ambitious climate goals. All scenarios in this dissertation assume an 80% CO₂ emission reduction target by 2040, reflecting state and federal policy commitments and providing a consistent benchmark for evaluating tradeoffs between land use, cost, and equity. Policymakers, planners, and communities can leverage these insights to accelerate the renewable energy transition while supporting equitable regional development.
- 일반주제명
- Energy
- 일반주제명
- Electrical engineering
- 일반주제명
- Sustainability
- 기타저자
- University of Michigan Resource Policy & Behavior PhD
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-02B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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