Department: Urban Design and Planning
Advisor: Jan Whittington
With support from CEI, I will work on the economic dimension of community-owned renewable energy systems for communities in Georgia and Mississippi. Economic modelling is the basis for such multi-stakeholder activity involving investors, operators, community members, utilities, and potential energy buyers. We aim to develop the economic model along with an interactive dashboard for stakeholders to understand the system’s feasibility, as well as value distribution financially, environmentally, and socially under different scenarios and uncertainty. Through the arrangement, we aim to facilitate the deployment of community-owned solar systems and directly benefit frontline communities for the purpose of environmental justice.