Guodong Sun
Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Experience
Dr. Guodong Sun was a Research Fellow in the Energy Technology Innovation Project—a joint project of the Science, Technology, and Public Policy Program (STPP) and the Environment and Natural Resources Program (ENRP). He applies tools and insights from engineering, natural science, economics, and management science to address policy issues in energy systems, environmental pollution control, and technology-policy interactions, paying particular attention to China.
Using an interdisciplinary approach, Dr. Sun has studied a variety of real-world problems. His recent research includes an analysis of the restructuring of China's electricity industry, an integrated assessment of coal-gasification technologies and their environmental control systems including carbon dioxide (CO2) separation and capture technologies. While working with the support of the National Science Foundation, he examined the various forces that have shaped the development of China's environmental management, the implicit value of life-saving air pollution control programs, and exposure-based regulatory framework for air pollution control. Under the Energy Research Institute (ERI) of China's State Planning Commission (currently the National Development and Reform Commission), he conducted research, managed research projects, and advised the Chinese government on matters of energy and global climate change policy.
Dr. Sun's research is focused on advanced clean-coal technologies (CCTs) for a carbon-constrained world. This research aims to explore the technical potential of advanced technologies for mitigating the emissions of CO2 and conventional pollutants from coal use and to understand their economic and policy implications. Current research includes an analysis of the robustness of advanced coal-based power-generation and fuel-production technologies under deep regulatory uncertainties, an assessment of China's innovation system for clean-coal technologies, and a study on the roles of government in advancing the innovation of CCTs in China. He also leads, on the Harvard side, a collaborative project between Harvard University and China's Ministry of Science and Technology that studies the strategies to facilitate CCT innovation in China.
Dr. Sun is an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center, a Sloan Foundation industry center. He was the E7 Scholar in Sustainable Energy Development from 2002 through 2004. Prior to coming to Harvard, he was a post-doctoral research fellow at Carnegie Mellon University, where he also received his doctoral degree in Engineering and Public Policy. He earned a master's degree in System Engineering and a bachelor's degree in Turbomachinery from Tsinghua University, China.
2005
"Advanced Coal Technologies in a Sustainable Energy System: Preparing and Preserving the Appropriate Technological Options in China"
Event Report
By Guodong Sun, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Report on a workshop jointly organized by the Energy Technology Innovation Project of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, the Expert Committee on Clean Coal Technologies of the 863 High-tech Research and Development Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology, China, and the China Coal Research Institute on September 19-20, 2005.
April 2005
"Innovation of Advanced Coal Technologies in China"
Presentation
By Guodong Sun, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Bruno D Rodrigues
April 2005
"Global Climate Change and Coal-Fueled Energy System: The Case of IGCC-CCS in China"
Presentation
By Guodong Sun, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
Pat Rioux
March 2005
"Finding Solutions to China’s Energy Problems: The Roles of Advanced Coal Technologies"
Presentation
By Guodong Sun, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
Pat Rioux
February 2005
"Alleviating China’s Energy Insecurity: Business, Government, and Strategy"
Presentation
By Guodong Sun, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Pat Rioux
December 2004
"Success and Failure in Adopting & Demonstrating Complex Technologies: Two cases in China"
Presentation
By Guodong Sun, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
Pat Rioux
December 2004
"Finding Solutions to China’s Energy Problems"
Presentation
By Guodong Sun, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
Bruno D Rodrigues
November 2004
"Fuel China with Coal: Technology and Policy"
Presentation
By Guodong Sun, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
October 2004
"Willingness-to-Pay for Clean Air: A Case-Study of China's Particulate-Matter Pollution Control Programs"
Presentation
By Guodong Sun, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
October 2004
"Living on Coal: Appropriate Technologies and Effective Innovation System"
Presentation
By Guodong Sun, Research Fellow, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
The Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group (ETIP) seeks to combat global warming and climate change by promoting strategies for efficient energy technologies in China, India, and the United States, such as advanced coal technologies, carbon capture and storage (CCS), and advanced vehicle technologies.
