CREST, cost of renewable energy spreadsheet tool
Subtitle: User manual : a model for developing cost-based incentives in the United States
By: Jason S. Gifford and Robert C. Grace, Sustainable Energy Advantage, LLC
Contributors: Grace, Robert C.; Sustainable Energy Advantage, LLC; National Renewable Energy Laboratory (U.S.)
Series: NREL/SR -- 6A20-50374; NREL/SR -- 6A20-50374.
Publisher: National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Golden, CO
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 30
Subjects: CREST (Computer program); Handbooks, manuals; Renewable energy sources; Costs
Other titles: Model for developing cost-based incentives in the United States
Description: The objective of this document is to help model users understand how to use the CREST model to support renewable energy incentives, FITs, and other renewable energy rate-setting processes. This user manual will walk the reader through the spreadsheet tool, including its layout and conventions, offering context on how and why it was created. This user manual will also provide instructions on how to populate the model with inputs that are appropriate for a specific jurisdiction's policymaking objectives and context. Finally, the user manual will describe the results and outline how these results may inform decisions about long-term renewable energy support programs.
Notes: Title from title screen (NREL, viewed Apr. 11, 2011).

"March 2011."

includes bibliographical references.

DE-AC36-08GO28308. SS10.2440

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