Joseph Rand

Joseph Rand

Policy Researcher III
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Bio

Joseph (Joe) Rand is an Energy Policy Researcher in the Energy Markets and Policy Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. Joe conducts research and analysis on renewable energy, including: renewable energy policy, cost, and market analysis; spatial data analysis; and research related to social impacts, interconnection, and deployment barriers of renewable energy.

Joe's impactful research has been widely covered in the popular press, including the New York Times, Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, CNBC, NPR, and more. Joe has been awarded a Berkeley Lab Director's Award for Societal Impact, an "Excellence Award" from the Energy Systems Integration Group (ESIG), the Switzer Environmental Fellowship, and the 'Novus Ventus' award from the U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Power Program.

Joe holds a master’s degree in Energy and Resources from the University of California, Berkeley, and a bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies from Macalester College.

Awards

Spot: Will Gorman, Joseph Rand, Joachim Seel -  February 24th 2022

For successful leadership of interconnection queue and hybrid top-10 projects.

Spot: IEA Wind Expert Survey Team -  November 30th 2020

For your leadership in the formulation, design, execution and analysis of the IEA Wind expert survey on future wind energy costs.

Publications

2024

Perceptions of Large-Scale Solar Project Neighbors: Results From a National Survey

Authors: Rand, Joseph; Karl Hoesch; Sarah Mills; Ben Hoen; Robi Nilson; Doug Bessette, and Jake White.
04/2024

Queued Up: 2024 Edition, Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2023

Authors: Rand, Joseph; Nick Manderlink; Will Gorman; Ryan H. Wiser; Joachim Seel; Julie Mulvaney Kemp; Seongeun Jeong, and Fritz Kahrl.
04/2024

Good fences make good neighbors: Stakeholder perspectives on the local benefits and burdens of large-scale solar energy development in the United States

Authors: Bessette, Douglas L.; Ben Hoen; Joseph Rand; Karl Hoesch; Jacob White; Sarah B. Mills, and Robi Nilson.
02/2024

Survey of Utility-Scale Wind and Solar Developers Report

Authors: Nilson, Robi; Ben Hoen, and Joseph Rand.
01/2024

2023

Commercial Wind Turbines and Residential Home Values: New Evidence from the Universe of Land-Based Wind Projects in the United States

Authors: Brunner, Eric; Ben Hoen; Joseph Rand, and David Schwegman.
12/2023

US Wind Turbine Database Files

Authors: Hoen, Ben; James Diffendorfer; Joseph Rand; Louisa Kramer; Chris Garrity, and Hannah Hunt.
11/2023

Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Operating and Proposed Plants, 2023 Edition

Authors: Bolinger, Mark; Will Gorman; Joseph Rand, and Seongeun Jeong.
08/2023

Land-Based Wind Market Report: 2023 Edition

Authors: Wiser, Ryan H.; Mark Bolinger; Ben Hoen; Dev Millstein; Joseph Rand; Galen L. Barbose; Naïm R. Darghouth; Will Gorman; Seongeun Jeong; Eric O'Shaughnessy, and Bentham Paulos.
08/2023

Community Centered Solar Development (CCSD) Study Interviews

Authors: Bessette, Doug; Joseph Rand; Ben Hoen; Karl Hoesch; Jake White; Sarah Mills, and Robi Nilson.
06/2023

Generator Interconnection Costs to the Transmission System - Summary Briefing

Authors: Seel, Joachim; Julie Mulvaney Kemp; Joseph Rand; Will Gorman; Dev Millstein; Fritz Kahrl, and Ryan H. Wiser.
06/2023

Interconnection Cost Analysis in ISO-New England

Authors: Kemp, Julie Mulvaney; Joachim Seel; Will Gorman; Joseph Rand; Ryan H. Wiser; Will Cotton, and Kevin Porter.
06/2023

Effects of land-based wind turbine upsizing on community sound levels and power and energy density

Authors: Hoen, Ben; Ryan Darlow; Ryan Haac; Joseph Rand, and Ken Kaliski.
05/2023

Generator Interconnection Cost Analysis in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) Territory

Authors: Seel, Joachim; Julie Mulvaney Kemp; Joseph Rand; Will Gorman; Dev Millstein; Ryan H. Wiser; Ari Weissfeld; Nicholas DiSanti, and Kevin Porter.
04/2023

Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2022

Authors: Rand, Joseph; Rose Strauss; Will Gorman; Joachim Seel; Julie Mulvaney Kemp; Seongeun Jeong; Dana Robson, and Ryan H. Wiser.
04/2023

Interconnection Cost Analysis in the NYISO Territory

Authors: Kemp, Julie Mulvaney; Joachim Seel; Joseph Rand; Dev Millstein; Fredrich Kahrl; Will Gorman; Ryan H. Wiser; Will Cotton, and Kevin Porter.
03/2023

Interconnection Cost Analysis in the PJM Territory

Authors: Seel, Joachim; Joseph Rand; Will Gorman; Dev Millstein; Ryan H. Wiser; Will Cotton; Katherine Fisher; Olivia Kuykendall; Ari Weissfeld, and Kevin Porter.
01/2023

2022

Generator Interconnection Cost Analysis in the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) territory

Authors: Seel, Joachim; Joseph Rand; Will Gorman; Dev Millstein; Ryan H. Wiser; Will Cotton; Nicholas DiSanti, and Kevin Porter.
10/2022

Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Operating and Proposed Plants, 2022 Edition

Authors: Bolinger, Mark; Will Gorman; Joseph Rand; Seongeun Jeong; Ryan H. Wiser; Joachim Seel, and Cody Warner.
08/2022

Land-Based Wind Market Report: 2022 Edition

Authors: Wiser, Ryan H.; Mark Bolinger; Ben Hoen; Dev Millstein; Joseph Rand; Galen L. Barbose; Naïm R. Darghouth; Will Gorman; Seongeun Jeong, and Bentham Paulos.
08/2022

“After the leases are signed, it's a done deal”: Exploring procedural injustices for utility-scale wind energy planning in the United States

Authors: Elmallah, Salma, and Joseph Rand.
07/2022

Drivers and energy justice implications of renewable energy project siting in the United States

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; Ryan H. Wiser; Ben Hoen; Joseph Rand, and Salma Elmallah.
07/2022

Expert perspectives on the wind plant of the future

Authors: Beiter, Philipp; Joseph Rand; Joachim Seel; Eric Lantz; Patrick Gilman, and Ryan H. Wiser.
05/2022

In the shadow of wind energy: Predicting community exposure and annoyance to wind turbine shadow flicker in the United States

Authors: Haac, , Ryan; Ryan Darlow; Ken Kaliski; Joseph Rand, and Ben Hoen.
05/2022

Batteries Included: Top 10 Findings from Berkeley Lab Research on the Growth of Hybrid Power Plants in the United States

Authors: Seel, Joachim; Will Gorman; Galen L. Barbose; Mark Bolinger; Cristina Crespo Montañés; Sydney Forrester; James Hyungkwan Kim; Fredrich Kahrl; Andrew D. Mills; Dev Millstein; Bentham Paulos; Joseph Rand; Cody Warner, and Ryan H. Wiser.
04/2022

Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2021

Authors: Rand, Joseph; Ryan H. Wiser; Will Gorman; Dev Millstein; Joachim Seel; Seongeun Jeong, and Dana Robson.
04/2022

Understanding Costs Associated with Wind Energy Opposition and Stakeholder Engagement

Authors: Gill, Elizabeth, and Joseph Rand.
04/2022

2021

Land-Based Wind Market Report: 2021 Edition

Authors: Wiser, Ryan H.; Mark Bolinger; Ben Hoen; Dev Millstein; Joseph Rand; Galen L. Barbose; Naïm R. Darghouth; Will Gorman; Seongeun Jeong; Andrew D. Mills, and Bentham Paulos.
08/2021

Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Installed and Proposed Projects

Authors: Bolinger, Mark; Will Gorman; Joseph Rand; Ryan H. Wiser; Seongeun Jeong; Joachim Seel; Cody Warner, and Bentham Paulos.
07/2021

Queued Up: Characteristics of Power Plants Seeking Transmission Interconnection As of the End of 2020

Authors: Rand, Joseph; Mark Bolinger; Ryan H. Wiser; Seongeun Jeong, and Bentham Paulos.
05/2021

Expert elicitation survey predicts 37% to 49% declines in wind energy costs by 2050

Authors: Wiser, Ryan H.; Joseph Rand; Joachim Seel; Philipp Beiter; Erin Baker; Eric Lantz, and Patrick Gilman.
04/2021

Halfway to Zero: Progress towards a Carbon-Free Power Sector

Authors: Wiser, Ryan H.; Dev Millstein; Joseph Rand; Paul Donohoo-Vallett; Patrick Gilman, and Trieu Mai.
04/2021

2020

Wind Energy Technology Data Update: 2020 Edition

Authors: Wiser, Ryan H.; Mark Bolinger; Ben Hoen; Dev Millstein; Joseph Rand; Galen L. Barbose; Naïm R. Darghouth; Will Gorman; Seongeun Jeong; Andrew D. Mills, and Bentham Paulos.
08/2020

Hybrid Power Plants: Status of Installed and Proposed Projects

Authors: Wiser, Ryan H.; Mark Bolinger; Will Gorman; Joseph Rand; Seongeun Jeong; Joachim Seel; Cody Warner, and Bentham Paulos.
07/2020

A continuously updated, geospatially rectified database of utility-scale wind turbines in the United States

Authors: Rand, Joseph; Louisa Kramer; Christopher Garrity; Ben Hoen; James Diffendorfer; Hannah Hunt, and Michael Spears.
01/2020

Opportunities for and Challenges to Further Reductions in the “Specific Power” Rating of Wind Turbines Installed in the United States

Authors: Bolinger, Mark; Eric Lantz; Ryan H. Wiser; Ben Hoen; Joseph Rand, and Robert Hammond.
01/2020

2019

Attitudes of U.S. Wind Turbine Neighbors: Analysis of a Nationwide Survey

Authors: Hoen, Ben; Jeremy Firestone; Joseph Rand; Debi Elliott; Gundula Hübner; Johannes Pohl; Ryan H. Wiser; Eric Lantz; Ryan Haac, and Ken Kaliski.
11/2019

Monitoring annoyance and stress effects of wind turbines on nearby residents: A comparison of U.S. and European samples

Authors: Hübner, Gundula; Johannes Pohl; Ben Hoen; Jeremy Firestone; Debi Elliott; Joseph Rand, and Ryan Haac.
11/2019

Commercial PV Property Characterization: An Analysis of Solar Deployment Trends in Commercial Real Estate

Authors: Hoen, Ben; Joseph Rand, and Salma Elmallah.
10/2019

Wind turbine audibility and noise annoyance in a national U.S. survey: Individual perception and influencing factors

Authors: Haac, , Ryan; Ken Kaliski; Matt Landis; Ben Hoen; Joseph Rand; Jeremy Firestone; Debi Elliott; Gundula Hübner, and Johannes Pohl.
08/2019

2018

Tracking the Sun: Installed Price Trends for Distributed Photovoltaic Systems in the United States - 2018 Edition

Authors: Barbose, Galen L.; Naïm R. Darghouth; Kristina Hamachi LaCommare; Dev Millstein, and Joseph Rand.
09/2018

2017

Reconsidering Barriers to Wind Power Projects: Community Engagement, Developer Transparency and Place

Authors: Firestone, Jeremy; Ben Hoen; Joseph Rand; Debi Elliott; Gundula Hübner, and Johannes Pohl.
12/2017

Thirty years of North American wind energy acceptance research: What have we learned?

Authors: Rand, Joseph, and Ben Hoen.
06/2017

2015 Cost of Wind Energy Review

Authors: Moné, Christopher; M Maureen Hand; Mark Bolinger; Joseph Rand; Donna Heimiller, and Jonathan Ho.
03/2017

Leasing Into the Sun A Mixed Method Analysis of Transactions of Homes with Third Party Owned Solar

Authors: Hoen, Ben; Joseph Rand, and Sandra Adomatis.
01/2017

2016

2015 Wind Technologies Market Report

Authors: Wiser, Ryan H.; Mark Bolinger; Galen L. Barbose; Naïm R. Darghouth; Ben Hoen; Andrew D. Mills; Joseph Rand; Dev Millstein; Kevin Porter; Rebecca Widiss; Frank Oteri; Suzanne Tegen, and Tian Tian.
08/2016