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PIER Report Renewable Portfolio Standard Eligibility Guidebook. PIER Report. Publication # P500-04-002F1. Posted: October 2, 2013. (PDF file, 51 pages, 319 kb)
PIER Report Renewable Portfolio Standard Eligibility Guidebook. PIER Report. Publication # P500-04-002F. Posted: October 1, 2013. (PDF file, 65 pages, 1.2 mb)
PIER Report Ultra-Low Emissions 12 Liter Heavy Duty Natural Gas Engine Development - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-101. Posted: October 1, 2013. (PDF file, 61 pages, 1.2 mb)
PIER Report Fault Analysis in Underground Cables - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-094. Posted: September 30, 2013. (PDF file, 119 pages, 8.1 mb)
PIER Report Development of Steam Hydrogasification Process Demonstration Unit-5 LBHR PDU Design Report - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-092. Posted: September 20, 2013. (PDF file, 49 pages, 1.5 mb)
PIER Report Energy Efficiency in Water Reuse and Desalination - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-093. Posted: September 20, 2013. (PDF file, 41 pages, 1.2 mb)
PIER Report Transmission Grid Research - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-098. Posted: September 20, 2013. (PDF file, 80 pages, 680 kb)
PIER Report Geothermal Reource Assessment Update: The Long Valley Region, Task 4.2 - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-091. Posted: September 19, 2013. (PDF file, 509 pages, 5.7 mb)
PIER Report Production of an Operating Photovoltaic Submodule for Efficiency Conversion Unit - Project Final Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-096. Posted: September 19, 2013. (PDF file, 53 pages, 3.8 mb)
PIER Report Repowering Solid Fuel Biomass Electricity Generation - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-097. Posted: September 19, 2013. (PDF file, 61 pages, 1.2 mb)
PIER Report Biomass Management Zones and New Pathways to Bioenergy - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-099. Posted: September 19, 2013. (PDF file, 121 pages, 2.8 mb)
PIER Report California Food Processing Industry Organic Residue Assessment - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-100. Posted: September 19, 2013. (PDF file, 90 pages, 2.9 mb)
PIER Report Microturbine-Based CHP for Thermal Oxidizers - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-095. Posted: September 18, 2013. (PDF file, 202 pages, 11.1 mb)
PIER Report Optimizing Refrigerant Distribution in Evaporators - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-089. Posted: September 18, 2013. (PDF file, 248 pages, 14.3 mb)
PIER Report Reservoir Confirmation of the Buckeye Power Plant Area: Wildhorse State 36 Confirmation Well, Northwest Geysers - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-076. Posted: September 17, 2013. (PDF file, 75 pages, 2.6 kb)
PIER Report A New Field Validated Greenhouse Gas Inventory Method for Landfill Methane Emissions - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-080. Posted: September 17, 2013. (PDF file, 108 pages, 1.5 mb)
PIER Report Appendix B - Reservoir Confirmation of the Buckeye Power Plant Area: Wildhorse State 36 Confirmation Well, Northwest Geysers - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-076-APB. Posted: September 17, 2013. (PDF file, 9 pages, 7 mb)
PIER Report Plug‐In Hybrid Electric Vehicle System and Charging Technology Evaluation - Final Project Repot. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-086. Posted: September 17, 2013. (PDF file, 75 pages, 2.1 mb)
PIER Report Engine CHP Emission Control Technology - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-087. Posted: September 17, 2013. (PDF file, 172 pages, 6.4 mb)
PIER Report Analysis of the Combined Vehicle-and Post-Vehicle-Use Value of Lithium-Ion Plug-In-Vehicle Propulsion Batteries - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-088. Posted: September 17, 2013. (PDF file, 63 pages, 930 kb)
PIER Report High-Performance Photovoltaics Carports: Design Through Deployment - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-090. Posted: September 17, 2013. (PDF file, 44 pages, 2.6 mb)
PIER Report Drilling and Testing of an Exploratory Well Truckhaven Geothermal Area Imperial County - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-083. Posted: September 16, 2013. (PDF file, 38 pages, 6.4 mb)
PIER Report Appendices - Drilling and Testing of an Exploratory Well Truckhaven Geothermal Area Imperial County - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-083-AP. Posted: September 16, 2013. (PDF file, 59 pages, 3.3 mb)
PIER Report Data Center Energy Efficiency and Demonstration Projects - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-085. Posted: September 16, 2013. (PDF file, 33 pages, 528 kb)
PIER Report Energy Implications of In-Line Filtration in California. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-081. Posted: September 13, 2013. (PDF file, 125 pages, 5.6 mb)
PIER Report Demonstration of the Climate Action Reserve Forestry Protocols at Latour Demonstration State Forest, Westcarb Final Report - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-084. Posted: September 13, 2013. (PDF file, 82 pages, 3.6 mb)
PIER Report Anaerobic Phased Solids Digester Pilot Demonstration Project - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-077. Posted: September 12, 2013. (PDF file, 306 pages, 6.3 mb)
PIER Report Advanced Projection Systems Using Wide Area Measurements - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-078. Posted: September 12, 2013. (PDF file, 160 pages, 2.9 mb)
PIER Report Removal of Siloxane and H2S from Biogas Using Microwave Energy - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-079. Posted: September 12, 2013. (PDF file, 110 pages, 2.4 mb)
PIER Report Research Findings on Standards for Battery Charger Systems and Internal Power Supplies - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-082. Posted: September 12, 2013. (PDF file, 53 pages, 823 kb)
PIER Report Report on Solar Energy Storage Methods and Life Cycle Assessment - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-073. Posted: September 11, 2013. (PDF file, 43 pages, 766 kb)
PIER Report Wind Integration Study for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-074. Posted: September 11, 2013. (PDF file, 128 pages, 4.5 mb)
PIER Report Intelligent Software Agents- Effective Integration of Renewable Energy Resources and Storage into the California Grid - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-075. Posted: September 11, 2013. (PDF file, 75 pages, 1.7 mb)
PIER Report Demonstration of Landfill Technology for Peaking Power Potential at Yolo County Central Landfill - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-069. Posted: September 10, 2013. (PDF file, 197 pages, 6 mb)
PIER Report EnergyIQ: Action-Oriented Benchmarking - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-070. Posted: September 10, 2013. (PDF file, 52 pages, 1.5 mb)
PIER Report Davis Energy Group PV Indirect-Direct Evaporative Cooling - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-071. Posted: September 10, 2013. (PDF file, 40 pages, 737 kb)
PIER Report Hybrid Solar Lighting Demonstration at the Sacramento Municipal Utility District's Customer Service Center. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-067. Posted: September 9, 2013. (PDF file, 32 pages, 782 kb)
PIER Report Saic Solar Dish Concentration with Stirling Engine - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-068. Posted: September 9, 2013. (PDF file, 67 pages, 1.6 mb)
PIER Report SMUD Off-Peak Over_Cooling Project - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-066. Posted: September 6, 2013. (PDF file, 103 pages, 2.1 mb)
PIER Report Residential Water Heating Program - Facilitating the Market Transformation to Higher Efficiency Gas-Fired Water Heating - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-060. Posted: August 22, 2013. (PDF file, 340 pages, 7.4 mb)
PIER Report Appendices for Residential Water Heating Program - Facilitating the Market Transformation to Higher Efficiency Gas-Fired Water Heating - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-060-AP. Posted: August 22, 2013. (PDF file, 340 pages, 7.4 mb)
PIER Report Air-Quality Impacts of Heat Island Control and Atmospheric Effects of Urban Solar Photovoltaic Arrays - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-061. Posted: August 22, 2013. (PDF file, 365 pages, 1.2 mb)
PIER Report MT Survey for Resource Assessment and Environmental Mitigation at the Glass Mountain KGRA - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-063. Posted: August 22, 2013. (PDF file, 119 pages, 11.9 mb)
PIER Report Energy-Efficient High-Tech Buildings - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-062. Posted: August 22, 2013. (PDF file, 32 pages, 369 kb)
PIER Report Fluid Inclusion Stratigraphy: A New Method for Geothermal Reservoir Assessment - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-064. Posted: August 22, 2013. (PDF file, 106 pages, 7.5 mb)
PIER Report Effect of Wind on the Performance of Air‐Cooled Condensers - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-065. Posted: August 22, 2013. (PDF file, 143 pages, 6.3 mb)
PIER Report Preliminary Estimates of Combined Heat and Power Greenhouse Gas Abatement Potential for California in 2020 - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-051. Posted: August 21, 2013. (PDF file, 36 pages, 557 kb)
PIER Report An Assessment of Biomass Resources in California, 2007, 2010 and 2020 - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-052. Posted: August 21, 2013. (PDF file, 147 pages, 2.4 mb)
PIER Report The Ichthyoplankton of King Harbor, Redondo Beach, California 1974-2006 Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-053. Posted: August 21, 2013. (PDF file, 37 pages, 842 kb)
PIER Report Advanced Automated HVAC Fault Detection and Diagnostics Commercialization Program - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-054. Posted: August 21, 2013. (PDF file, 182 pages, 2.4 mb)
PIER Report Development of a Design Graphical User Interface (GUI) for EnergyPlus - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-055. Posted: August 21, 2013. (PDF file, 27 pages, 1.2 mb)
PIER Report Smart Grid Information Assurance and Security Technology Assessment . PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-056. Posted: August 21, 2013. (PDF file, 295 pages, 4.8 mb)
PIER Report Demand-Controlled Ventilation and Classroom Ventilation - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-057. Posted: August 21, 2013. (PDF file, 151 pages, 1.5 mb)
PIER Report 21st Century Instream Flow Assessment Framework for Mountain Streams - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-059. Posted: August 21, 2013. (PDF file, 495 pages, 22.3 mb)
PIER Report Inlet Air Spray Cooling Enhancement for Air‐cooled Condensers - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-058. Posted: August 21, 2013. (PDF file, 184 pages, 5.4 mb)
PIER Report Emissions Reductions From Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency In California Air Quality Management Districts - Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-047. Posted: August 20, 2013. (PDF file, 117 pages, 1.2 mb)
PIER Report Biofuels and Biodiversity in California: Scenarios of Biofuel Production, Final Project Report. PIER Report. Publication # CEC-500-2013-048. Posted: August 20, 2013. (PDF file, 120 pages, 1.5 mb)
 

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