Erin Baker
Faculty Director, Energy Transition Institute
Applies operations research and economics to decision making under uncertainty, with a focus on Energy Justice and publicly-funded energy technology Research & Development portfolios in the face of climate change.
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Marston Hall
130 Natural Resources Road
Amherst, MA 01003
United States
About
E3 Lab @ UMASS Amherst: Energy, Environment & Economic Decision Making | Baker's Research Group
TEDx talk: Energy Justice: Who gets listened to?
Twitter: @ErinBakerEnergy
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Professor Baker’s research is in decision making under uncertainty applied to the field of energy and the environment; with focus on energy justice and publicly-funded energy technology Research and Development portfolios in the face of climate change. Her work uses modeling to address questions about energy policy and planning in the face of climate change. She links models to bridge geographic and temporal scales, and uses multiple parallel models to derive robust insights. Other topics include evaluating the sustainability of the electricity grid in New England as well as in developing countries, and evaluating the environmental costs and benefits of offshore wind energy.
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