Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - Energy technology innovation policy

Analysis of Policies to Reduce Oil Consumption and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the U.S. Transportation Sector

Kelly Sims Gallagher and Gustavo Collantes — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:18:31 -0500

This study examines different policy scenarios for reducing GHG emissions and oil consumption in the U.S. transportation sector using a variant of the National Energy Modeling System (NEMS).

DOE FY09 Budget Request for Energy Research, Development & Demonstration – Commentary

Laura Diaz Anadon, Kelly Sims Gallagher and Matthew Bunn — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 14:52:42 -0500

Anadon, Gallagher, and Bunn offer their insight and analysis on the President's FY09 budget request for U.S. Department of Energy spending for energy research, development, and demonstration.

Returns to Scale in Carbon Capture and Storage Infrastructure and Deployment

Jeffrey Bielicki — Wed, 28 May 2008 11:23:23 -0500

In this Belfer Center discussion paper, Bielicki describes SimCCS, a cost-minimizing geospatial deployment model used to deploy CCS for a variety of combinations of CO2 sources and injection reservoirs. The purpose of SimCCS is to determine the returns to scale for CCS deployment and to unravel the determinants thereof.

Need for an Integrated Energy Modelling Institution in India

Ananth Chikkatur and Shoibal Chakravarty — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:40:59 -0500

ETIP's Ananth Chikkatur and Princeton's Shoibal Chakravarty write in India's Economic & Political Weekly about that need for a government-supported statutory energy modeling institution - the Bureau of Energy Information and Analysis - that can develop in-house modeling and analysis capacity for India.

Electrification of Energy

Juha Kiviluoma and Gustavo Collantes — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0500

The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government organized a workshop on the Electrification of Energy.

Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy To Meet America’s Energy Challenges

John P. Holdren — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:18:19 -0500

John P. Holdren provides the context for and an overview of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Energy Policy its 2004 and 2007 reports to the President and Congress of the United States.

DOE Budget Authority for Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Database

Kelly Sims Gallagher — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:42:46 -0500

This document contains 2008 updates to a database on U.S. government investments in energy research, development, and demonstration (ERD&D). The database, in Microsoft Excel format, tracks budget requests on ERD&D from 1978-2009 and includes several charts.

Socio-Political Evaluation of Energy Deployment (SPEED): An Integrated Research Framework Analyzing Energy Technology Deployment

Jennie Stephens, Elizabeth J. Wilson and Tarla Rai Peterson — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:15:56 -0600

This paper proposes a systematic, interdisciplinary framework for the integrated analysis of regulatory, legal, political, economic, and social factors that influence energy technology deployment decisions at the state level.

Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group Launches New Energy R&D Project

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:02:26 -0600

The Belfer Center's Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group is launching a new three-year project to develop energy research policy recommendations, prepare annual budget commentaries, and assess energy technology innovation around the country.

Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being

John P. Holdren — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:29:19 -0600

"I would urge every scientist and engineer with an interest in the intersection of S&T with sustainable well-being...to 'tithe' 10% of your professional time and effort to working in these and other ways to increase the benefits of S&T for the human condition and to decrease the liabilities. If so much as a substantial fraction of the world's scientists and engineers resolved to do this much, the acceleration of progress toward sustainable well-being for all of Earth's inhabitants would surprise us all."

Past as Prologue: An Innovation-Diffusion Approach to Additionality

Ajay Mathur, Ananth Chikkatur and Ambuj Sagar — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0600

The authors propose a simple test for additionality that draws on the framework of the diffusion of innovations, especially the risk-profile of adopters of new technologies or innovations.

Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment of Clean Coal Technology in China

Lifeng Zhao — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Presentation given at "The Dragon and the Elephant: Understanding the
Development of Innovation Capacity in China and India", a conference held at the National Academies in Washington, D.C.

Policy Options for Reducing Oil Consumption and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the U.S. Transportation Sector

Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

The goal of this paper is to contribute to the current policy debate about how to effectively limit or reduce oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. transportation sector.

A Joint Workshop on IGCC & Co-Production and CO2 Capture & Storage

Lifeng Zhao — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Report on a workshop jointly organized by the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Tariff-Based Incentives for Improving Coal-Power-Plant Efficiencies in India

Ananth Chikkatur, Ambuj Sagar, Nikit Abbyankar and N. Sreekumar — Sun, 01 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Energy Policy article assessing the efficiency of coal-based power plants and its role in the performance of India's power sector.

Status and Progress of IGCC and Co-Production Technology in the United States

Ananth Chikkatur and John P. Holdren — Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Presented at "a Joint Workshop on IGCC & Co-Production and CO2 Capture & Storage" in Beijing, May 23 - 24, 2007.

2007 Roy Family Award - Joined by the United Nation's Achim Steiner, Harvard to Honor African-German Project Making Renewable Electricity from Jatropha Nut

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500

May 8, 2007

Subjective Assessments of Personal Mobility: What Makes the Difference Between a Little and a Lot?

Gustavo Collantes and Patricia L. Mokhtarian — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500

This study provides insight into the way individuals mentally process the amount of travel they do, which will increase our understanding of travel behavior and its motivations.

The Irrelevance of the Middle East

Philip Auerswald — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Energy Policy Recommendations to the President and the 110th Congress

John P. Holdren, William K. Reilly, John W. Rowe, Philip Sharp and Jason Grumet — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500

The National Commission on Energy Policy proposes revised policies regarding a cap and trade proposal for addressing global climate change, increases in fuel economy standards, approaches for the storage of nuclear waste, development and deployment of advanced coal technologies, adoption of a national renewable energy standard, and other major energy policy issues.

Incorporating Stakeholders' Perspectives Into Models of New Technology Diffusion: The Case of Fuel-Cell Vehicles

Gustavo Collantes — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600

The extreme dependency on oil of ground transportation systems across the world – particularly in the United States – has become a weakness in national economies.

Remarks at Climate Workshop on Bingaman-Specter Discussion Draft

Kelly Sims Gallagher — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Remarks at Climate Workshop on Bingaman-Specter Discussion Draft; U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee, March 2, 2007.

Belfer Center's John Holdren Co-authors UN/Sigma Xi Climate Change Roadmap Report

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600

February 28, 2007

Belfer Center's John Holdren Co-authors UN/Sigma Xi Climate Change Roadmap Report

Assessing the President's FY08 Energy RD&D Budget Request

Kelly Sims Gallagher — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600

An analysis of U.S. Government Investments in Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Database.

U.S. Government Investments in Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Database

Kelly Sims Gallagher, Ambuj Sagar, Diane Segal, Paul de Sa and John P. Holdren — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600

U.S. Government Investments in Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Database: a database in Microsoft Excel format tracking budget requests on energy-technology research, development, and demonstraton (RD&D) from 1978–2008, including charts.

Energy and Sustainability

John P. Holdren — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600

Editorial in Science magazine's special issue on energy and sustainability.

Calling an End to Oil Alarmism

Philip Auerswald — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0600

January 23, 2007

The Greek Paradox: Promise vs. Performance

Graham Allison and Kalypso Nicolaidis — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600

December 31, 2006

As a bridge between the East and West, a pole of stability in the Balkans, and a Mediterranean crossroads, Greece could play a significant role in the post-Cold War world. But Greece's performance in domestic and international policy falls short of this promise. The essays in The Greek Paradox look at some of the reasons for this gap and suggest possible political and economic reforms.

Symposium 2006: Climate Change, Energy, and Developing Countries

Ananth Chikkatur, Ambuj Sagar and Hongyan He Oliver — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600

An analysis of the role of developing countries vis-a-vis the climate problem and the global energy situation must begin with an understanding of the role of energy in economic, social, and human development.

Will India Suffer From an Energy Crunch?

Ambuj Sagar — Thu, 07 Dec 2006 00:00:00 -0600

Op-Ed in India Today on India's struggle to meet the country's growing energy demand.