Kelli Anderson
International Administrative Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Policy and procedures
- Contract/procurement
- Financial management
- Communication/outreach
- Foreign travel
Primary research interests
- Policy & environmental
- Energy planning & project development
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Lynn Billman
Senior Project Leader II - Section Supervisor
Areas of expertise
- Analysis, modeling, and projection of capital requirements and investments at NREL
- Analysis of renewable energy impact on climate change
Primary research interests
- Disaster recovery in Greensburg, Kansas
- State Technical Assistance Program
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Lori Bird
Senior Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Market analysis
- Policy analysis
Primary research interests
- Green power marketing
- Renewable energy policy
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Sarah Busche
State and Local Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Domestic and international clean energy policy
- Municipal climate mitigation strategies
- Renewable energy and energy efficiency for islands
Primary research interests
- Interaction between local and state clean energy policy
- Domestic and international local climate mitigation and strategic energy planning
- Relationship between individual behavior and energy use
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Lynda Chapin
Administrative Assistant
Areas of expertise
- Market analysis
- Policy analysis
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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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Jaquelin Cochran
Senior Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- International energy efficiency
- Energy and development
Primary research interests
- Low emissions development strategies
- International best practices in energy efficiency
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Karlynn Cory
Senior Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Renewable energy project finance of commercially available technologies (e.g., 3rd party PPAs and leases, sales leaseback, flip structures, etc.)
- Policy and market innovations to support RE project finance (e.g., Feed-in tariffs, PACE, etc.)
Primary research interests
- Renewable energy project finance of commercially available technologies
- Policy and market innovations to support RE project finance
- RE project finance structures, by end user type (state/local govt., residential, commercial, industrial and federal agency)
- Intersection between REC/"green tag" markets and electricity markets
- Renewable policy best practices
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Sadie Cox
International Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- International market analysis
- Low emissions development planning
- International coordination to support climate programs
Primary research interests
- Energy and development
- Renewable energy markets in Africa
- Microfinance in West African countries
- Ecological innovation
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Barry Friedman
Senior Energy Analyst II
Areas of expertise
- Lead the analysis effort for solar market transformation analysis
- Overcoming market and policy barriers to solar scale-up
- Market analysis
- Policy analysis
- Strategic market intelligence
Primary research interests
- Solar workforce development and job estimates
- Solar market transformation market and policy issues
- Renewable energy and carbon markets
- Renewable energy policy
- Green power marketing strategies and tactics
- U.S.-Israeli RD3 collaboration for renewable energy and energy efficiency
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Rachel Gelman
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Various data and statistical analysis for reports ranging from policy to workforce to capacity trends and covering all renewable energy technologies
- Making data more transparent and easily accessible across the lab
- Market analysis
Primary research interests
- U.S. power market dynamics
- Energy efficiency
- Transmission
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Sandra Reategui Halvatzis
International Project Leader
Areas of expertise
- Economic Development Impact Analysis
- Jobs and Economic Development Impact (JEDI) Model
Primary research interests
- State-level Economic Development from renewable energy-related technologies
- State and local renewable energy policy
- Green Power Marketing
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Jenny Heeter
Market Transformation and Policy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Market analysis
- Policy analysis
- Utility regulation and analysis
Primary research interests
- Voluntary green power market
- Renewable energy certificate markets and pricing
- Solar renewable energy certificate markets
- Renewable energy and carbon accounting
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David Hurlbut
Senior Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Policy and legislative analysis
- Statistical analysis and econometrics
- Optimization modeling
- Cost-benefit analysis
Primary research interests
- Economic incentives and market behavior affecting energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment
- State policies for energy efficiency and renewable energy
- Coordinating state and federal renewable energy policies within multi-state regional transmission organizations
- Competitive electricity markets
- Renewable energy infrastructure issues
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David Keyser
Research Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Economic impact studies
- Time series analysis
- Analysis of labor and demographic data
Primary research interests
- Static and dynamic economic impact models
- Labor data estimation
- Econometric modeling and forecasting
- Regional economics
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David Kline
Senior Project Leader II - Section Supervisor
Areas of expertise
- International renewable energy technology markets
- Clean energy technology transfer from developed to developing countries
- Market-oriented strategies
- Renewable hybrid energy systems
Primary research interests
- International energy policy (China, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, and South Africa)
- China's Village Electrification Program
- Global Initiatives for Proliferation Prevention
- Greenhouse gas mitigation
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Eric Lantz
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Economic development impacts analysis
- State and federal policy analysis
Primary research interests
- Policy applications for expanding renewable energy markets
- Evaluating economic and fiscal impacts of macro-level energy decisions
- Social acceptance of renewable energy infrastructure
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Jeffrey Logan
Senior Energy Analyst - Section Supervisor
Areas of expertise
- Clean energy policy analysis
- Carbon mitigation
- Energy security
- Chinese energy policy and markets
Primary research interests
- Clean energy and carbon markets
- Renewable energy policy
- Linkages between climate mitigation and energy security
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Travis Lowder
Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Clean energy policy analysis
- Carbon mitigation
- Energy security
- Chinese energy policy and markets
Primary research interests
- Clean energy and carbon markets
- Renewable energy policy
- Linkages between climate mitigation and energy security
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Joyce McLaren
Senior Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- State and local policy analysis
- Contextual factors influencing renewable energy development
- Public acceptance issues
- European renewable energy development issues
Primary research interests
- Social and cultural issues affecting energy development and use
- Policy interactions and the development of effective policy portfolios
- International collaborations supporting sustainable energy development
- Collaborative methods for conflict resolution regarding energy choices
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Michael Mendelsohn
Senior Financial Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Renewable energy financing
- Loan Guarantee program
- Treasury Grant program
- Utility-scale solar development
- Electric vehicle deployment and cost-effectiveness
Primary research interests
- Improving government incentives to stimulate RE development
- Costs and benefits of wide-scale EV deployment
- Comparison of international incentives
- Distributed storage
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Mackay Miller
Technology Innovation Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Quantitative social network analysis of innovation pathways
- Financial analysis and modeling
Primary research interests
- Domestic and International RD&D collaboration
- Public-private networks of technology commercialization
- Policy frameworks to accelerate innovation
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Gail Mosey
Senior Energy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- EERE market and policy analysis
- Knowledge of research methodology used to gather and compile primary and secondary data; survey design
- Work with large data sets including creating, managing and utilizing databases (Access)
- Statistical data analysis (Excel and SPSS)
Primary research interests
- Program and technology benefits impact estimation and analysis
- Identification of sites for EERE use in remediation, monitoring and revitalization
- Environmental analysis
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Paul Schwabe
Energy and Financial Analyst
Areas of expertise
- Electricity market financial analysis
- Natural gas volume and revenue forecasting
- Energy efficiency and conservation, including electric and natural gas rate decoupling
Primary research interests
- Market penetration and financial incentives
- Statistical modeling and data analysis
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Bethany Speer
Renewable Energy Market, Finance, and Policy Analyst
Areas of expertise
- International economic policy
- Climate change mitigation policies and trade issues
- International relations and development
Primary research interests
- Project finance
- Markets
- Climate change mitigation policies
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William Wallace
Senior Project Leader
Areas of expertise
- Managing bilateral cooperation programs and developing cooperation agreements between NREL and other organizations
- U.S. China renewable energy cooperation and joint research
- Policy, business development, and commercialization strategies for biomass, wind, and solar applications
Primary research interests
- Managing and participation in bilateral cooperation programs
- China: U.S. China MOU for Biofuels Development and U.S. China Renewable Energy Program
- EU: NREL Regional Coordinator for cooperation with EU countries
- Applications, markets, and policy development for solar, wind and biomass
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