Jessika E. Trancik

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Evaluating the Causes of Cost Reduction in Photovoltaic Modules

Goksin Kavlak, James McNerney, Jessika E. Trancik, Evaluating the causes of cost reduction in photovoltaic modules, Energy Policy, 123:700-710, 2018
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2018
Goksin Kavlak, James McNerney and Jessika E. Trancik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Photovoltaics (PV), Solar energy, PV modules, Cost model, Technological change

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Nature of Innovations Affecting Photovoltaic System Costs

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 13 Feb 2024
Goksin Kavlak, Magdalena M. Klemun, Ajinkya Kamat, Brittany Smith, Robert Margolis and Jessika E. Trancik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Hong Kong University of Science & Technology (HKUST), affiliation not provided to SSRN, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Innovation, cost model, technological change, spillover, photovoltaics (PV), module, balance-of-system, soft cost, solar energy

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Biofuels Supply Risk and Price Volatility

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 27 Dec 2014
Hamed Ghoddusi, Mandira Roy and Jessika E. Trancik
California State Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Biofuels, Energy Security, Risk Management

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Historical Costs of Coal-Fired Electricity and Implications for the Future

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Dec 2009
James McNerney, Jessika E. Trancik and J. Doyne Farmer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology and University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School
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Metals Production Requirements for Rapid Photovoltaics Deployment

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 20 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2015
Goksin Kavlak, James McNerney, Robert Jaffe and Jessika E. Trancik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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The Role of Design Complexity in Technology Improvement

Number of pages: 6 Posted: 02 Aug 2010
James McNerney, J. Doyne Farmer, Sid Redner and Jessika E. Trancik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Oxford - Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School, Santa Fe Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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experience curve, learning curve, progress function, performance curve, design structure matrix, evolution of technology

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Timelines for Mitigating Methane Emissions from Energy Technologies

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 20 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2014
Mandira Roy, Morgan Edwards and Jessika E. Trancik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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climate change mitigation, dynamic portfolio optimization, energy technology portfolios, methane leakage

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Infrastructure-defining lows in wind and solar energy resources and their implications for decarbonization solutions

Number of pages: 331 Posted: 07 May 2025
Shannon Y.S. Hwang, Micah S. Ziegler and Jessika E. Trancik
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Institute for Data, Systems, and Society (IDSS), Georgia Institute of Technology - School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Energy systems, Renewable energy, Resource adequacy, Solar energy, Wind energy, Energy storage, Electricity transmission