Gregory Nemet Research
La Follette School Working Paper
Series
Journal Articles
- Nemet, G.F. and E. Baker (forthcoming). “Demand subsidies versus
R&D: comparing the uncertain impacts of policy on a pre-commercial low-carbon energy technology.” The Energy Journal. Previous version available as La Follette School Working Paper No. 2008-012.
- Nemet, G.F. (forthcoming). “Demand pull, technology push, and government-led incentives for non-incremental technical change.” Research Policy (in press). Available through Science Direct.
- Nemet, G.F. (2009). "Net radiative forcing from widespread deployment of photovoltaics." Environmental Science & Technology 43(6): 2173–2178.
- Nemet, G.F. (2009). “Interim monitoring of cost dynamics for publicly supported energy technologies." Energy Policy 37(3): 825-835. Available through Science Direct
- Nemet, G.F. and D.M. Kammen (2007). “U.S. energy R&D: declining investment, increasing need, and the feasibility of expansion.” Energy Policy 35(1): 746-755. Available through Science Direct.
- Nemet, G.F. (2006). “Beyond the learning curve: factors influencing cost reductions in photovoltaics.” Energy Policy 34(17): 3218-3232. Available through Science Direct.
- Kammen, D.M. and G.F. Nemet (2005). “Reversing the incredible shrinking energy R&D budget.” Issues in Science and Technology 22(1): 84-88, Fall.
- Nemet, G.F. and A.J. Bailey (2000). “Distance and health care utilization among the rural elderly.” Social Science and Medicine 50:1197-1208. Available through Science Direct.
Book Chapters
- Nemet, G.F. (2008). “Evaluating the demand-pull hypothesis” in Innovation for a Low Carbon Economy: Economic, Institutional and Management Approaches. T. Foxon, J. Koehler, and C. Oughton. Cheltenham, UK, Edward Elgar.
- Kammen, D.M. and G.F. Nemet (2007). “Energy R&D investment” in Energy and American Society—13 Myths. B. Sovacool and M. Brown. Springer: 289–310.
Testimony
- Kammen, D.M. (2007). “A Ten Year Outlook for Energy” Testimony provided to the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Appropriations, Washington, D.C. 28 February
(G.F.Nemet, primary researcher).
- Kammen, D.M. (2006). “Department of Energy’s Plan for Climate Change Technology Programs” Testimony provided to the U.S. House of Representatives Science Committee, subcommittee on Energy, Washington, D.C. 20 September (G.F.Nemet, primary researcher).
- Kammen, D.M. (2003). “The Future of University Nuclear Science and Engineering Programs” Testimony provided to the U.S.House of Representatives Science Committee, subcommittee on Energy, Washington, D.C. 10 June (G.F.Nemet, primary researcher).
Working Papers
- Nemet, G.F. (2006). “How well does learning-by-doing explain cost reductions in a carbonfree energy technology?” Nota di Lavoro 143.2006, Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM), Milan, Italy.
- Nemet, G.F. (2006). “Net radiative forcing from widespread deployment of photovoltaics” Working Paper, Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) U.C. Berkeley.
- Nemet, G.F. (2005). “Technical change in photovoltaics and the applicability of the learning curve model” Interim Report 05-029, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Laxenburg, Austria.
Government Reports
- Taylor, M.R., E.S. Rubin, and G.F. Nemet (2006). “Chapter 3: The Role of Technological Innovation in Meeting California’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Targets” in Managing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in California for the California Environmental Protection Agency.
- Taylor, M.R., D. Thornton, G.F. Nemet, and M. Colvin (2006). “Government Actions and Innovation in Environmental Technology for Power Production: The Cases of Selective Catalytic Reduction and Wind Power in California” CEC-500-2006-053 CA Energy Commission.
- Taylor, M.R., G.F. Nemet, C. Wadia, T. Dillavou, and M.Colvin (2005). “Government Actions and Innovation in Environmental Technology for Power Production: The Cases of PV Cells, Solar Thermal Electric Power, and Solar Water Heating” CA Energy Commission.
- Lipman, T.E., G.F. Nemet, and D.M. Kammen (2004). “A review of advanced power technology programs in the United States and abroad including linked transportation and stationary sector developments” ARB-R-04-813 California Air Resources Board.
Refereed and Invited Talks
- Nemet, G.F. (2007). “Demand-pull energy technology policies, diffusion, and improvements in California wind power” International Energy Workshop. Stanford, CA 25–27 June.
- Nemet, G.F. (2007). “Learning curves for photovoltaics” Workshop at the International Energy Agency. Paris 11-12 June.
- Nemet, G.F. (2006). “U.S. energy R&D” 26th USAEE/IAEE North American Conference. Ann Arbor, MI, 24-27 September.
- Nemet, G.F. (2006). “Demand-pull for wind innovation in California” UK Energy Research Centre workshop on innovation in energy systems. Oxford, U.K., 14–15 September.
- Nemet, G.F. (2006). “Learning curves and the sources of cost reductions in photovoltaics” EAERE/FEEM/VIU Summer School in Environmental Economics: Computable General
Equilibrium Modeling in Env. and Resource Economics. Venice, Italy, 25 June–1 July.
- Taylor, M.R. and G.F. Nemet (2006). “The interaction between policy and innovation in clean energy technologies” AEA/ASSA/IAEE Meetings: Current Issues in Energy Economics
and Energy Modeling. Boston, 6–8 January.
- Nemet, G.F. and D.M. Kammen (2005). “The effectiveness of energy R&D” Science and Technology in Society Conference. AAAS, Washington, 23–24 April.
- Nemet, G.F. (2005). “Technological change and future greenhouse-gas emissions: the applicability of the learning curve model to photovoltaics” Breslauer Symposium on Social and Scientific Aspects of Global Climate Change. U.C. Berkeley, 25 February.
- Taylor, M.R. and G.F. Nemet (2004). “Government actions and innovation in NOx control and wind power: the effect of California” 26th Annual Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) Research Conference. Atlanta, GA, 28–30 October.
- Taylor, M.R., D. Thornton, G.F. Nemet, and M. Colvin (2004). “Policy, diffusion, and experience curves” International Energy Workshop. Paris, 22–24 June.
- Lipman, T.E., G.F. Nemet, D.M. Kammen, and R. Friesen (2003). “A review of advanced power technology pgms. in U.S. and abroad” The Fuel Cell Seminar. Miami, 3 November.
