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Kelly Sims Gallagher

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Kelly Sims Gallagher

Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy

Adjunct Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government

Member of the Board

Contact:
Telephone: (617)-495-1960
Fax: (617)-495-8963
Email: kelly_gallagher@harvard.edu
Website: http://ksgfaculty.harvard.edu/kelly_sims_gallagher

 

Experience

Kelly Sims Gallagher is Director of the Energy Technology Innovation Policy (ETIP) research group at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs and Adjunct Lecturer in the Kennedy School of Government. She has a M.A.L.D. and Ph.D. in International Affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University, and an A.B. in international affairs and environmental studies from Occidental College. She is an international member of the Task Force on Innovation for the China Council International Cooperation on Environment and Development. She speaks Spanish and basic Mandarin Chinese. Her new book, China Shifts Gears: Automakers, Oil, Pollution, and Development is available from The MIT Press.

 

 

By Date

 

2008

July 2008

"Technical, Environmental, and Economic Assessment of Deploying Advanced Coal Power Technologies in the Chinese Context"

Journal Article, Energy Policy, issue 7, volume 36

By Lifeng Zhao, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2006-2008, Yunhan Xiao, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Xiang Xu

The authors evaluate the differences in technical performance, environmental impact, and costs for capital and electricity for a variety of advanced coal power technologies based on the technological and economic levels in 2006 in China. This study investigates especially the economic gaps between Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle - the technology most able to capture CO2 at a relatively low cost - and other advanced coal power technologies.

 

 

June 2008

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

Fact Sheet

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy

This document contains June 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.

 

 

AP Photo

June 2008

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

Discussion Paper

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Gustavo Collantes, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group/Enviroment and Natural Resources Program, 2007-2008

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).

 

 

June 3, 2008

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

Report

By Laura Diaz Anadon, Project Manager, Energy Research, Development, Demonstration & Deployment Policy, Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Matthew Bunn, Associate Professor of Public Policy; Co-Principal Investigator, Project on Managing the Atom

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.

 

 

March 31, 2008

"Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Discuss Energy and Environment–Related Challenges for China and the World"

Event Report

By John P. Holdren, Director and Faculty Chair, Science, Technology and Public Policy Program and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy

Harvard Kennedy School Dean David Ellwood and HKS faculty John P. Holdren and Kelly Gallagher participated in a panel discussion on "The Challenge of Energy and Environment in China" in Shanghai, China.

 

 

March 14, 2008

"The Rise of China: Energy and Environmental Implications"

Presentation

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy

In this presentation, Kelly Sims Gallagher discusses the environmental and energy implications of China's economic growth in the 20th and 21st centuries.

 

 

AP

March 8, 2008

"Recent Progress and Remaining Challenges for Advanced Coal Technology in China"

Book Chapter, volume 6

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Lifeng Zhao, Former Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy Research Group/Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program, 2006-2008

In order to promote the research, development, demonstration and deployment of advanced coal technologies, the Chinese central government and local governments have formulated a series of industrial, fiscal, environmental policies and plans. These are outlined in this book chapter.

 

 

February 2008

"Giving Green to Get Green: Incentives and Consumer Adoption of Hybrid Vehicle Technology"

Working Paper

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Erich Muehlegger

Federal, state and local governments use a variety of incentives to induce consumer adoption of hybrid-electric vehicles. The authors study the relative efficacy of state sales tax waivers, income tax credits and non-tax incentives and find that the type of tax incentive offered is as important as the value of the tax incentive.

 

 

Winter 2008

"Thinking Globally"

Magazine or Newspaper Article, John F. Kennedy School of Government Bulletin

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy

Kelly Sims Gallagher is director of the Kennedy School’s Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group and advises the United States and Chinese governments on a variety of energy issues. 

 

 

Anita Gould

January 2, 2008

"Synthesis of Comments Received on 'Policy Options for Reducing Oil Consumption and Greenhouse-Gas Emissions from the U.S. Transportation Sector'"

Discussion Paper

By Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy

This paper includes solicited comments from representatives from government, non-profit organizations, the private sector, including from automobile firms and fuels providers, labor unions, and others, to the July 2007 discussion paper on policy options for reducing oil consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from the U.S. transportation sector.

 
Energy Technology Innovation Policy

The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to determine and promote the adoption of effective strategies for developing and deploying cleaner and more efficient energy technologies.

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