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Walter Short

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Walter Short is a group manager of the Energy Forecasting and Modeling Group in the Strategic Energy Analysis Center.

Principal Policy Analyst and Group Manager
On staff since 1981
Phone number: 303-384-7368
E-mail: walter.short@nrel.gov

Analysis expertise

  • Energy market models, including National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) and Regional Energy Deployment System (ReEDS)
  • Financial models
  • Optimization

Primary research interests

  • Potential of renewables in national energy markets
  • Impact of policies on the market introduction of renewable

Education and background training

  • B.S. in mathematics
  • M.S. in operations research

Prior work experience

  • SRI International
  • U.S. Army

Other affiliations

  • Member of International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE)
  • Member of American Solar Energy Society (ASES)

Selected publications

Short, W.; Denholm, P. (2006). Preliminary Assessment of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles on Wind Energy Markets. 41 pp.; NREL Report No. TP-620-39729.

Wind Deployment System (WinDS) model documentation (2005).

Brown, M. A.; Levine, M. D.; Short, W., et al. (2000). Scenarios for a Clean Energy Future: Interlaboratory Working Group on Energy-Efficient and Clean-Energy Technologies. Oak Ridge, TN: Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory;

Full list of Walter Short publications (NREL)