Ongoing/Recent Projects & Activities

Design and development of Cape & Islands Go Green Guide and CIGoGreen campaign (www.cigogreen.org), 2007-2008

Coauthor of EPRI White Paper on the future of solar photovoltaic technology and its potentially disruptive effects, July - December 2007

Adjunct professor for class on renewable energy sources and honors colloquim on sustainability at Cape Cod Community College, 2007-08

Featured speaker, launch of clean energy internship planning program by Cape Cod Economic Development Council and Cape & Islands Renewable Energy Collaborative, June 2007

Author of EPRI Journal articles on carbon capture and sequestration - "Closing the Fuel Carbon Cycle" - and climate policy - "Climate Policy Gets Down to Business" (see EPRI's website), 2006-07

Coauthor of EPRI report on the possible role of renewable energy sources in the U.S. portfolio of electricity generating options for the carbon-constrained future (abstract), November 2006 - January 2007

Author of recommendations from Cape & Islands energy stakeholders delivered to the transition team for incoming Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray, December 2006

Contributor to and editor of EPRI report to Australian government commission - Uranium Mining, Processing & Nuclear Energy Review - evaluating possible inclusion of nuclear power in the country's portfolio of electricity generating options for the carbon-constrained future, October 2006.

Author of EPRI's Phase II Climate Contingency Roadmap report, a document for high-level industry decision-makers that lays out the principles of efficient and effective climate policymaking and highlights the critical roles of technology, timing, electrification, and market-based policy.

Author of "Electricity" and "Renewables" indicators for Cape Cod Sustainability Indicators Project, released August 2006.

Editor of continuing series of EPRI technical reports on climate change science, policy, strategic planning, and technology, 2000-present.

Policy design and review for energy/air quality elements of Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan. January 2006 - present.

Design and production of Materials & Chemistry Report. December 2005 - present.

Organization and facilitation of Cape & Islands Ocean Energy Brainstorming Session. Westborough, MA, May 19, 2006.

Panel member, "Nitrogen From the Air Decision-Maker Workshop: How Important Is This Source to Coastal Pollution on Cape Cod?" Yarmouth, MA, April 7, 2006.

Tracking, analysis, and reporting on the strategic R&D portfolio of EPRI's Program on Technology Innovation, 1990-present.

Convenor and facilitator of "Beyond Cape Wind" Community Planning Process for the Cape & Islands region, 2005 - present.

Invited author of a Cape Cod Voice perspective addressing Cape Cod's wastewater and energy futures from the present through 2050, December 15, 2005.

Planning of, and speaker at, the "Land-Based Municipal Wind Workshop: Clean Power Through Cooperation," Yarmouth, MA, November 18, 2005.

Planning of, and plenary lunchtime speaker at, the "Shaping Cape Cod's Energy Future" Conference, Hyannis, MA, September 22, 2005.

Author of policy and technology content on the "Clean Energy Information" website of the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC).

Member of Cape Cod Sustainability Indicators Council and participant in "Cape Cod 2020: Vision and Action for a Sustainable Cape Cod" project.

Editor of Cape & Islands Energy Information Clearinghouse. See www.cirenew.info.

Author of MTC internal report on the status of and future prospects for the clean energy cluster in Massachusetts, 2005.