Areas of Expertise:

Clean Energy, Climate Change, Coal, Electric Vehicles, Energy Storage, Environmental Policy, GHGs, Hydropower, Infrastructure, Innovation, Natural Gas, Nuclear, Power Sector, Solar, Transmission, Transportation, Water, Wind

Recent Comments by Chi-Jen Yang

• "There is a cheaper way to develop PSH. There are a lot of existing conventional hydropower stations that may be re-engineered into PSH. In Japan, most"
  We Need to Study the Value of Pumped Storage
• "  A reporter once asked me why China can build so many pumped hydro st"
  We Need to Study the Value of Pumped Storage
• "CCS could become a very important technology. The question is: who should pay for its development? Taxpayers or polluters? How do we justify that t"
  Should We Continue Tax Credits for Carbon Capture?
• "While US is aggressively expanding the production of olefins and methanol from shale gas, Chinese companies are building high-carbon coal-to-chemicals"
  U.S. – China Energy Cooperation: Risks, Opportunities and Solutions
• "The shale gas revolution has created a great opportunity for the US chemical industry to export to China. While the U.S. chemical industry is increasi"
  Low Oil Prices: Opportunity or Barrier for U.S. Industry?
• "There are 4 new nuclear reactors currently under construction in the United States. All these 4 are adopting AP1000 design. These projects have experi"
  The Case for Nuclear Central Station Power
• "I'd like to comment on the exclusion of energy storage before 2009. An energy storage device placed in operation before January 1, 2009, may not b"
  Examining an Energy Storage Standard