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Energy Analysis Forum 2003 (June 11-12)
The following experts spoke during the National Renewable Energy Laboratory's third Energy Analysis Forum in Golden, Colorado, on June 11-12, 2003.
"Understanding the U.S. Strategic Interests in Expanding Renewable Energy Systems Worldwide"
Ron Benioff, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Ron Benioff serves as manager of Weatherization and Intergovernmental Programs for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). In this capacity, he directs the Lab's work to promote implementation of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies in collaboration with federal, state, and local agencies, as well as international partners. This includes delivery of NREL technical support for DOE's Clean Cities, International, Rebuild America, State Energy, and Tribal Energy programs and related activities in partnership with EPA, USAID, UNEP, UNDP, and the World Bank. Prior to joining NREL in 1997, Ron worked at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 11 years on climate-change and waste-management issues. Ron has a master's in public administration from Indiana University and a bachelor's in biology from the University of Illinois.
Gustavo Best, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Gustavo Best is the senior energy coordinator of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and is based in its Rome headquarters. From Mexico, Gustavo works primarily on the development and management of energy policies related to agriculture and rural development, with a strong emphasis on the application of bioenergy and other renewable energy sources to productive uses. He also stresses the energy-producing role of agriculture and forestry as an important path toward diversification, climate-change mitigation through biofuels, and consolidation of rural infrastructure. Essential elements in his work are the links between the energy and the agriculture sectors. Rural energy policies are mainly lacking in developing countries, and Gustavo has provided assistance to a number of countries to bridge this important gap. His work on renewable energy started in 1973 in the field of solar energy at the University of Mexico (UNAM), and continued with the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, working from Santiago (Chile) and New York. He has been part of the FAO since 1986. Gustavo has a degree in chemical engineering from the UNAM and a Ph.D. from the University of Bradford in the U.K. He has taught thermodynamics and supervised students at postgraduate level. He lives in Rome but maintains close ties with his research team in Mexico.
Eldon Boes, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Eldon Boes is the past director of NREL's Strategic Energy Analysis and Applications Center, which includes analysts working both at NREL's primary location in Golden, Colorado, and in NREL's Washington office. He also is manager of NREL's Washington office. Eldon works primarily on the development and management of a strong Energy Analysis Program at NREL in support of the planning, management, and representation of renewable energy and energy efficiency programs at the Lab and at DOE. He began his career in renewable energy working on solar resource assessment at Sandia National Laboratories in 1974. During the next 16 years at Sandia, Eldon worked in several solar technology program areas including photovoltaics (PV) systems and applications development, PV concentrator R&D, and solar thermal collector development. He also served as supervisor or manager of several solar programs including the PV Program at Sandia. Eldon has a Ph.D. in mathematics from Purdue University, and he taught mathematics for eight years before joining Sandia. He and his wife, Joan, live in Alexandria, Virginia. Eldon has been commuting by bicycle for 39 years.
Aaron Cohen, Health Effects Institute
Aaron J. Cohen is principal scientist at the Health Effects Institute (HEI) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where he has been employed since 1990. At HEI, he manages a program of epidemiologic research on the health effects of air pollution, and is involved in scientific program development. Aaron received his D.Sc. in epidemiology (1991), and master's in public health (1985) from the Boston University School of Public Health. He also is a registered respiratory therapist (AS and BS, Northeastern University), and worked as a therapist in newborn intensive care. He also worked as a research associate in perinatal epidemiology at Brigham and Womens' Hospital in Boston, where he conducted epidemiologic and clinical research on neonatal respiratory disease, and the evaluation of related medical technologies. Since 1994, Aaron has been an adjunct assistant professor of environmental health at Boston University School of Public Health, where he lectures on environmental epidemiology. He currently serves on the editorial board of the journal Epidemiology.
Peter Duprey, GE Power Systems
Pete Duprey is leader of business development for GE Power Systems, focusing on renewable energy. He led GE's acquisition of Enron Wind, and works closely with the GE Wind Energy team on growth initiatives in wind and other renewable areas. Peter has been with GE for 10 years, most of which was spent in GE Capital in diverse roles such as business development, finance, and quality. Pete graduated from Clarkson University with a bachelor's in accounting and finance and received an MBA from the William E. Simon School of Business. After graduation, he worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers in Rochester, New York. He then worked for Eastman Kodak developing their captive leasing business and came to GE as a result of GE Capital's acquisition of Eastman Kodak Credit Corporation, where he was the CFO. He and his wife, Kelli, live in Atlanta, Georgia, where they enjoy playing golf and cycling.
Jae Edmonds, PNNL Joint Global Change Research Institute
Jae Edmonds is a senior staff scientist and technical leader of Economic Programs at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory's (PNNL) Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI), a collaboration with the University of Maryland on the College Park campus. Jae heads an international global change research program at PNNL with active collaborations in more than a dozen institutions and countries around the world. He is the principal investigator for the Global Energy Technology Strategy Program to Address Climate Change, an international public-private research collaboration. Jae is widely known for his contributions to the field of the integrated assessment of climate change and the examination of interactions among energy, technology, policy, and the environment. He has expounded extensively on the subject of global change including books, papers, and presentations. He has served as a lead author for all three major assessments of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and numerous interim assessment reports. Jae has frequently testified before Congress and briefed the executive branch of the United States government, including the vice president of the United States and the U.S. Cabinet. He also has prepared and conducted numerous briefings and lectures to a wide range of audiences and serves on several editorial boards, review panels, and advisory committees.
Lisa Frantzis, Navigant Consultings
Lisa Frantzis is a director at Navigant Consulting, Inc., of Burlington, Massachusetts, and is responsible for the Renewable and Distributed Energy businesses. Prior to joining Navigant Consulting in 2002, she led the renewable energy consulting practice at Arthur D. Little for 23 years, where she conducted extensive technical, market, and economic analyses of renewable energy systems. She has provided due-diligence reviews of many different photovoltaic technologies for companies interested in investing in photovoltaics and has evaluated building integrated photovoltaics for utility and private-sector clients. Lisa also has reviewed the market potential and cost-reduction opportunities for wind, concentrating solar power systems, and geothermal technologies. She has evaluated the development of renewable energy systems globally, working at high levels of government agencies to determine the effectiveness and lessons learned of government policies such as renewable portfolio standards and subsidies on impacting renewable energy implementation and growth. A leader of numerous visioning workshops for the U.S. Navy, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Energy (DOE) on energy and renewable energy, Frantzis has worked with equipment manufacturers, environmental organizations, regulators, utility companies, oil companies, and government agencies, to identify action steps needed to achieve a desired energy outcome.
Allan Hoffman, Winrock International
Allan R. Hoffman is on detail from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to serve as senior adviser to Winrock International's Clean Energy Group. Winrock International is a nongovernmental organization focused on sustainable economic development in developing countries. Allan came to Washington, D.C., in 1974 as a Congressional Fellow of the American Physical Society and served in several roles, including staff scientist for the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; director, Advanced Energy Systems Policy Division, U.S. Department of Energy; assistant director for Industrial Programs, Energy Productivity Center, Mellon Institute; consultant and senior analyst, Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress; executive director of the Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, NAS/NRC; and executive director of the National Research Council's Office of Government and External Affairs. In 1990, he returned to DOE where he has served as associate and acting deputy assistant secretary for Utility Technologies in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. He also has served as U.S. representative to and vice chairman of the International Energy Agency's Working Party on Renewable Energy and as U.S. representative to the World Bank's Energy and Environment Steering Committee. Allan holds a Ph.D. in physics from Brown University. He also is a fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Gary Jones, Sandia National Laboratories
Gary J. Jones is manager of International Partnership Development in the Corporate Business Development and Partnerships Center at Sandia National Laboratories. In this role, he is responsible for facilitation, coordination, and policy definition for the Laboratories' international partnering activities. In addition, Gary focuses on strategic business development for Sandia Laboratories' energy, environment, and critical infrastructure programs. He also works with Sandia's Advanced Concepts Group in the development of approaches to conflict prevention in the developing world, leading projects with Mexico and Jordan. Prior to joining this center, Gary spent 17 years working in Sandia's renewable energy programs. During this time, he held several positions, including manager of the Laboratories' photovoltaics and renewable energy programs. In 1993, Gary left these positions to spend two years as the senior technical adviser to the Solar Energy Industries Association and the U.S. Export Council for Renewable Energy under a government-industry partnership agreement. He has represented these organizations, Sandia, and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in energy project activities in more than 20 countries. Gary has a bachelor's in physics from the University of Dayton and a doctorate in physical metallurgy from Iowa State University.
Daniel Kammen, University of California, Berkeley
Daniel M. Kammen holds multiple appointments at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a professor in the Energy and Resources Group, professor in the Goldman School of Public Policy, and professor of Nuclear Engineering. Dan also is the founding director of the Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL) where he works with faculty colleagues, several postdoctoral fellows, and about 20 students on a wide range of science, engineering, economics, and policy projects related to energy systems and the environment. The focus of Dan's work is on clean, renewable energy systems, energy efficiency, the role of energy in national energy policy, international climate debates, and the use and impacts of energy sources and technologies on development, particularly in Africa and Latin America. Dan has published five books, more than 150 journal articles, and 30 research reports. Dan is active in state, federal, and international energy policy affairs, and has field projects in East Africa, Mexico, Thailand, and China. He is the recipient of the 21st Century Prize (Japan).
Terry Keating, Environmental Protection Agency
Terry Keating is an air-quality scientist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Air and Radiation, where he advises senior management on scientific issues related to air-quality management at the national and international level. Terry earned a bachelor's in environmental science from the University of California at Riverside and a M.S.P.H. and Ph.D. in environmental sciences and engineering from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Working in government, academia, and private-sector consulting, Terry has participated in all levels of air-quality management ranging from the level of the individual facility to the level of international treaties. For the past several years, Terry has helped lead efforts within the EPA to examine the impact of the intercontinental transport of air pollutants on U.S. air quality.
John A. "Skip" Laitner, Environmental Protection Agency
Skip Laitner is the senior economist for technology policy in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Atmospheric Programs, a position he's held since 1996. In that capacity, he was awarded EPA's 1998 Gold Medal for his work with a team of other EPA economists to evaluate the impact of different strategies that might assist in the implementation of greenhouse gas emissions-reduction policies. Author of more than 150 reports, journal articles, and book chapters, Skip has more than 30 years of involvement in the environmental and energy policy arenas. He's been invited to provide technical seminars in diverse places including Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Korea, and South Africa. Skip recently served as an adjunct faculty member at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, teaching a graduate course on the economics of technology in the Science and Technology Studies program. He has a master's degree in resource economics from Antioch University in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Debra Lew, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Debra J. Lew is the Environmental and International group manager at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). She leads NREL's International Program, which facilitates deployment of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies in developing countries. She has worked at NREL for five years, previously leading NREL's activities in China, including grid-connected wind power, rural electrification, and energy efficiency. She also has worked at the International Institute for Energy Conservation in Bangkok, Thailand, and at Princeton University's Center for Energy and Environmental Studies. She has a doctorate in applied physics from Stanford and undergraduate degrees from MIT.
Eric Martinot, Global Environment Facility
Eric Martinot manages the renewable energy program of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) in Washington, D.C. His work includes program evaluations and research on emerging experience and lessons with markets, financing, and policies. Eric, an author of 50 publications on renewable energy and energy efficiency in developing and transition countries, received his Ph.D. in energy and resources from the University of California at Berkeley in 1995. He has served as a consultant for the World Bank, as a senior scientist for the Stockholm Environment Institute - Boston, as a convening lead author for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland.
John Millhone, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
John P. Millhone is the program manager designate of the Office of Weatherization and Intergovernment Programs (OWIP) in the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). OWIP will be responsible for EERE's Weatherization Assistance Program, State Energy Program, Community Partnerships, major deployment activities, and international and Native American activities. Since 1996, he has held positions in the U.S. Climate Change program as director of the U.S. Initiative on Joint Implementation and director of the U.S. Country Studies Program. Drawing on the U.S. experiences, the programs showed developing and transition countries how energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies can reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Prior to that, he took a two-year sabbatical from DOE to the Battelle/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, where he was a Senior Fellow in the Advanced International Studies Unit. He was deputy assistant secretary for Building Technologies, responsible for DOE's building research and regulatory programs, from 1979 to 1994. Before joining DOE, John was director of the Minnesota and Iowa state energy offices. Long active in international activities, he was chairman of the End Use Working Party of the International Energy Agency (IEA) from 1979 to 1985. He was chairman of the IEA's Conference on End-Use Technologies and their Commercialization in Berlin in 1981 and editor of the three-volume proceedings of the conference. He helped create the IEA's Center for the Analysis and Demonstration of Demonstrated Energy Technologies (CADDET) and was the first vice chairman of the CADDET Executive Committee. John's earlier career was in journalism with the Associated Press, Detroit Free Press and Des Moines Register and Tribune. He has a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri and has done graduate work in law and political science.
Richard Sellers, International Energy Agency
Rick Sellers is head of the Renewable Energy Unit of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, France. The International Energy Agency is an autonomous agency linked with the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The IEA is the energy forum for 26 member countries. Rick's unit is responsible for developing a strategy for accelerating renewable energy markets worldwide, as well as overseeing the coordination of member-country R&D. Before joining IEA, Rick had positions in government, industry, and trade associations. As deputy director of the U.S. Solar Energy Industries Association, he was involved in creating market development strategies for the solar industry. Rick received a bachelor's in American Studies (combined degree in history, political science, and government) from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
Walter Short, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Walter Short is a principal policy analyst with the NREL Strategic Energy Analysis and Applications Center in Golden, Colorado. Walter works with the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in formulating and analyzing policy initiatives with an emphasis on the market potential of renewable energy and climate change. As a part of his climate-change efforts, he was a coauthor on the inter-laboratory report, "Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future," examining the opportunities to address key energy and environmental challenges facing the United States through clean energy technologies and policies. Walter is now leading an effort to develop more detailed models for the market penetration of wind and solar. He also serves as group manager for the NREL analysis staff in Golden, Colorado. Walter has a bachelor's in mathematics from the University of Georgia and a master's in operations research from Stanford University.
Judy Siegel, Energy and Security Group
Judy Siegel is president of the Energy and Security Group. Judy has 25 years' experience in the commercialization of renewable energy technologies in more than 60 countries worldwide. She has extensive experience in developing and implementing renewable energy projects in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Judy has served as president of the U.S. Export Council for Renewable Energy (representing more than 1,600 industry members), deputy director of the World Bank Asia Alternative Energy Program (ASTAE), and managing director of the Winrock International Clean Energy Group. Judy has worked with and continues to support a number of clients in the United States and overseas, including the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the World Bank, the United Nations, the Organization of American States, the U.N. Foundation, the Blue Moon Fund, and others. Judy has a bachelor's in economics and a master's in public administration.
Roger Taylor, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Roger W. Taylor is manager of the International and Tribal Energy Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. He works to expand and promote the use of renewable energy in support of sustainable economic development throughout the developing world - in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, other U.S. government agencies, the renewable energy industry, foreign partners, financing, and development agencies. Roger has been extensively involved in application of renewable energy systems to the needs of developing countries since 1992. During the past 11 years, NREL has developed collaborations and substantive engagement with more than 15 countries. Roger's primary country foci have included Brazil, India, China, Egypt, Ghana, the Philippines, and Morocco. More recently, his experience is being focused on the development and implementation of renewable energy programs on Native American lands throughout the United States. Prior to working at NREL, he spent 15 years working on the integration of renewables with electric utilities, which included 10 years working with the Electric Power Research Institute and the EPRI-sponsored Power Electronics Applications Center.
Walter Short, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Walter Short is a principal policy analyst with the NREL Strategic Energy Analysis and Applications Center in Golden, Colorado. Walter works with the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in formulating and analyzing policy initiatives with an emphasis on climate change and the role of renewable energy. As a part of his climate change efforts, he coauthored a recently released report, "Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future," examining the opportunities to address key energy and environmental challenges facing the United States through clean energy technologies and policies. This study relies heavily on Walter's work on the representation of renewables in energy market models and scenarios. He also serves as group manager for the NREL analysis staff in Golden, Colorado. Walter has a bachelor's in mathematics from the University of Georgia and a master's in operations research from Stanford University.
Griffin Thompson, U.S. Agency for International Development
Griffin M. Thompson is energy team leader for the Office of Energy and Information Technology, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). As energy team leader, Griff directs energy and environmental technology programs in more than 20 developing countries. The energy team's mission is to provide strategic, intellectual, and technical assistance in identifying activities that express the energy-development nexus. Prior to coming to USAID, Griff was the executive director of the International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC) and vice president of the Civil Engineering Research Foundation (CERF). Before his work at IIEC, he was the director of Asia Programs for the U.S. Export Council for Renewable Energy (US/ECRE), a business council representing the U.S. renewable energy industry. At US/ECRE, he coordinated the U.S. renewable energy industry efforts throughout the Asian Region. Griff was seconded to US/ECRE from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) where he worked on a broad spectrum of international energy programs and strategic development. At NREL, Griff worked with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on their international programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. His primary areas of emphasis are the soci-political dimensions of sustainable development and the institutional requirements of technology diffusion and adoption. Griff is a graduate of Gonzaga University and received his Ph.D. in political philosophy from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. He lives in Derwood, Maryland, with his wife, Carmen Rojas, and their daughter, Camila.
Richard Truly, National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Richard Truly has been director of the Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) since 1997. He is also the executive vice president of MRI. Prior to joining NREL, he was vice president of the Georgia Institute of Technology and director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) from 1992-1997. Richard served as NASA's eighth administrator under President Bush from 1989-92, and his career in aviation and space programs of the U.S. Navy and NASA spanned 35 years. He retired as a vice admiral after a Navy career of more than 30 years. His astronaut career included work in the Air Force's Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, and NASA's Apollo, Skylab, Apollo-Soyuz, and Space Shuttle programs. Still on active duty in 1986, Richard was called back to NASA as associate administrator for space flight in 1986, and led the accident investigation of the Challenger accident. He spearheaded the rebuilding of the Space Shuttle, including winning approval of President Reagan and the Congress for building of Endeavor to replace the lost Challenger. President Reagan awarded the Presidential Citizen's Medal to Admiral Truly in 1989. Richard is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, and is the recipient of honorary Doctorates of Science from Millsaps College and Duquesne University, and an honorary Doctorate of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology. Active in national and community affairs, he has served on the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Naval Academy, the Defense Policy Board, and the Army Science Board. He is a member of the Colorado Governor's Commission on Science and Technology, and on the Advisory Board of the Wirth Chair in Environmental and Community Development Policy, University of Colorado at Denver. Richard is a native of Fayette, Mississippi. He is married to the former Colleen (Cody) Hanner of Milledgeville, Georgia, and they have three children and five grandchildren.
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