Areas of Expertise:

Clean Energy, Coal, Energy Storage, Environmental Policy, Infrastructure, Innovation, Power Sector, R&D, Smart Grid, Transmission

Additional Areas of Expertise:

As a polymer scientist, I sometimes consult with startup companies in need of help.

Recent Comments by Roger Faulkner

• "My website www.elpipe.com contains lots of details. The problems with superconductors are manifold: high complexity causes poor reliability; takes too"
  Advancing Energy Innovation in the Electric Power Sector
• "The HVDC supergrid can create continental-scale power sharing, but will need bigger powerlines than we have today. It is my fate to be ahead of the cu"
  Advancing Energy Innovation in the Electric Power Sector
• "I'm not sure where this fits, or how one should incentivize it, but developing underground transmission technology is the 'elephant in the room,' in t"
  Advancing Energy Innovation in the Electric Power Sector
• "Research dollars, yes. A carbon tax to level playing field, yes. But no direct subsidies. And I think cooling water use should be taxed or charged for"
  Should Nuclear Power Receive Environmental Subsidies?