Nate Blair
Group Manager
Areas of expertise
- Linear programming with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
- Building and system simulation tools, especially the TRaNsient SYstem Simulation Program (TRNSYS)
- EES
- Concentrating solar power system modeling
- Experimental solar water-heating experience
Primary research interests
- Macroeconomic energy-impact analysis
- Wind-power market modeling
- Transient power system modeling
- Building performance measurement
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Greg Brinkman
Postdoctoral Researcher
Areas of expertise
- Unit commitment and dispatch modeling of electric power systems
- Emission estimation from electric power systems
- Air quality modeling
Primary research interests
- Integration of renewable energy, energy efficiency, and enabling technologies into the electric power system
- Environmental impacts of renewable energy and energy efficiency
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Brian W Bush
Principal Strategic Analyst
Analysis or applications expertise
- Energy and infrastructure modeling, simulation, and analysis
- High performance computing
- Software architecture, design, implementation, and testing
- Discrete-event and continuous simulation
- Statistical analysis
- Geographic information systems
Primary research interests
- Energy modeling methodologies
- Sensitivity analysis and uncertainty quantification for multidisciplinary models and simulations, including understanding the limits of predictability
- Graph and network analysis
- Approximate reasoning
- Knowledge engineering
- Mining and visualization of massive data sets
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Caroline Uriarte Chapman
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Modeling of the US power market using GAMS
Primary research interests
- Electricity market
- Renewable energy
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Carolyn Davidson
Economic Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Using data to inform policy and market analysis
- Econometrics and statistical methods
Primary research interests
- Impact of policy on renewable penetration
- Renewable energy project finance
- Low Emissions Development Strategies
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Paul Denholm
Senior Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Modeling of electric power systems, including interaction of renewable and conventional energy technologies
- Environmental life-cycle analysis
- Analysis of energy storage systems utilized with conventional and renewable generation
Primary research interests
- Effects of large-scale renewable energy deployment in electric power systems
- Renewable energy enabling technologies including energy storage and long distance transmission
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Victor Diakov
Senior Strategic Analyst
Analysis expertise
- Geographic diversity of wind and solar power generation
- Energy and power systems: hydrogen generation, fuel cells
- Market analysis: sales-price curves in competitive and emerging markets
Primary research interests
- Renewable energy generation and carriers
- Hydrogen production and delivery pathways analysis and modeling
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Aron Dobos
Programming Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Power systems economics
- Data structures and algorithms
- Generation scheduling optimization
- Fluent in Hungarian; functional in German and Spanish
Primary research interests
- Solar Advisor Model (SAM) tool
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Easan Drury
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Modeling the U.S. photovoltaics (PV) market
- Quantifying the impacts of state and federal incentives on PV adoption
Primary research interests
- Developing market penetration models for renewable technologies
- Analyzing large-scale renewable energy deployment
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Melissa Hudman
Administrative Assistance
Areas of expertise
- Media relations
- Project coordination
Primary research interests
- Renewable fuels and vehicles
- Residential energy efficiency
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Marissa Hummon
Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Temporal and spatial characteristics of solar irradiance
- PV power production datasets for large scale integration studies
- Quantitative/statistical analysis and modeling
Primary research interests
- Deterministic approaches to downscaling spatial-temporal datasets
- Market and variable generation technology interactions
- Transmission, distribution, and variable generation studies
- Smart grid technologies, demand response modeling, and production cost modeling
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Yolanda Lin
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- System dynamics modeling
- Large scale sensitivity analysis
Primary research interests
- Deployment and use of non-traditional fuels in the marketplace
- Impact of policies on renewable energy markets
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Jordan Macknick
Energy and Environmental Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Renewable energy technological characterizations
- Database development
- Policy analysis
Primary research interests
- Interface of energy and water in policy planning
- Environmental impacts of renewable energy technologies
- Renewable energy deployment in developing countries
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Trieu Mai
Energy Analyst - Energy Markets Section Supervisor
Areas of expertise
- Linear programming with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
- C programming for simulations of physical systems
Primary research interests
- Capacity expansion and dispatch modeling of the electricity sector, e.g. the Regional Energy Deployment Systems (ReEDS) model
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Andrew Martinez
Analyst Engineer
Areas of expertise
- Energy system modeling with Matlab and Cantera
- Thermodynamic equilibrium modeling with FactSage
- Linear programming with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
Primary research interests
- Capacity expansion and dispatch modeling of the electricity sector, e.g. the Regional Energy Deployment Systems (ReEDS) model
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James Milford
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Modeling interaction of renewable and conventional energy technologies in electric power systems
- Environmental life-cycle analysis
- Energy storage systems
Primary research interests
- Utility-rated renewable energy deployment
- Renewable energy storage and long distance transmission
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Emily K. Newes
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Investigating the relationship between fossil and renewable resources by development of the Stochastic Energy Deployment System (SEDS)
- Analyzing variation in renewable energy deployment with potential policy implementation
- Utilizing system dynamics modeling to explore energy system behaviors
Primary research interests
- Strategies for increasing the share of non-traditional fuels in the marketplace
- Environmental implications of using renewable versus conventional generation
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Sean Ong
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Technical, policy, and economic analysis and modeling of photovoltaic (PV) systems
- Analysis of land use requirements of solar and wind energy systems
- Interaction between utility rate structures and PV systems
- Renewable energy analysis and tool development using Microsoft VBA and MatLab
Primary research interests
- Potential of PV in national energy markets
- Economic and technical optimization of small, medium, and large scale PV installations
- Large scale deployment of various renewable energy technologies
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Walter Short
Principal Policy Analyst and Group Manager
Areas of 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
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Daniel Steinberg
Energy and Environmental Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Modeling of interactions between climate change and the energy sector
- Climate change policy analysis
- Econometrics
- GIS/Remote Sensing
Primary research interests
- Interrelationship between energy efficiency, demand response, and renewable energy
- Environmental and energy market impacts of energy and environmental policy
- Impacts of climate change on global energy supply and demand
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Patrick Sullivan
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Linear programming with General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS)
- System equilibrium modeling in Matlab, including treatment of chemical species with Cantera
Primary research interests
- Development of detailed market penetration models for renewables
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Laura Vimmerstedt
Senior Environmental Analyst - Transportation, Fuels, and Environmental Impacts Section Supervisor
Areas of expertise
- Climate change policy analysis
- Renewable energy modeling
- Air-quality regulatory implications for energy technologies
Primary research interests
- Environmental effects of energy technologies and systems
- Impact of policies and environmental issues on renewable energy markets
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