Mailing address
Littauer 333B
Belfer Center for Science & International Affairs
79 John F. Kennedy Street, Mailbox 53
Cambridge, MA, 02138
Website
Kelly Sims Gallagher
Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Adjunct Lecturer, Kennedy School of Government
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.
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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, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
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 & 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.
In Press
"Technical, Environmental, and Economic Assessment of Deploying Advanced Coal Power Technologies in the Chinese Context"
Journal Article, Energy Policy
By Lifeng Zhao, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Yunhan Xiao, Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Bo Wang 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.
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.
February 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 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.
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.
Mark Pattison
December 2007
"Research, Development, Demonstration, and Early Deployment Policies for Advanced-Coal Technology in China"
Journal Article, Energy Policy, issue 12, volume 35
By Lifeng Zhao, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Kelly Sims Gallagher, Director, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
This paper introduces the current status of energy in China, evaluates the research, development, and demonstration policies for advanced-coal technologies during the Tenth Five-Year Plan, and gives policy prospects for advanced-coal technologies in the Eleventh Five-Year Plan.
