Mailing address
Department of International Development, Community, and Environment, Clark University
950 Main Street
Worcester, MA, 01610
Website
Jennie Stephens
Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Contact:
Telephone: 508-793-8846
Email: jstephens@clarku.edu
Website: http://www.clarku.edu/departments/idce/academicsGradESPFaculty_JS.cfm
Experience
Jennie C. Stephens is an associate with the Energy Technology Innovation Policy research group and an Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Policy at Clark University in the department of International Development, Community, and Environment . Her current research focuses on deployment of emerging energy technologies for climate change mitigation with a focus on understanding the complexity of socio-political factors that contribute to and influence energy technology decision-making and advancement of emerging technologies. A recent focus of her work has been on carbon capture and storage technologies, and she has just begun a new collaborative research project examining state-level differences in the interplay of factors influencing diffusion and deployment of both wind power technology and carbon capture and storage technology.
Other research interests have included assessing chemical approaches to carbon storage as well as analyzing the strategic use of scientific and technical information in government-industry interactions during the development and implementation of environmental regulations. She is also actively involved in various ways in climate change education initiatives. She was a visiting lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2004–2005, and she has also taught at both Boston University and Tufts University. She earned her Ph.D. (2002) and M.S. (1998) in Environmental Science and Engineering at the California Institute of Technology and her B.A. (1997) in Environmental Science and Public Policy at Harvard.
In Press
"Socio-Political Evaluation of Energy Deployment (SPEED): An Integrated Research Framework Analyzing Energy Technology Deployment"
Journal Article, Technological Forecasting & Social Change
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy, Elizabeth J. Wilson and Tarla Rai Peterson
This paper proposes a systematic, interdisciplinary framework for the integrated analysis of regulatory, legal, political, economic, and social factors that influence energy technology deployment decisions at the state level.
February 15, 2008
"Challenges of Integrating the Advancement of Coal Gasification Technology and CO2 Capture Storage (CCS) Technology"
Presentation
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Invited Presentation in Symposium on "Coal Gasification: Myths, Challenges, and Opportunities" American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting, February 15, 2008, Boston, MA.
Miguel A Lopez
April 10, 2007
"State-level Socio-political Influences on Deployment of Emerging Energy Technologies: A Framework for Characterization"
Presentation
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Presentation at the Energy Technology Innovation Policy Seminar Series.
J Stump
February 15-19, 2007
"Deploying Emerging Energy Technologies: An Interdisciplinary Framework"
Presentation
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, 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.
Fall 2006
"CCS: Research is Not Enough"
Book Chapter, volume 2
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Governments and industry face a dilemma: how to reconcile increased energy demand with the need to reduce atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) offers a means of reducing pollution from coal-fired power generation.
Fall 2006
"Growing Interest in Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) for Climate Change Mitigation"
Journal Article, Sustainability: Science, Practice, and Policy, issue 2, volume 2
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Interest in technologies associated with carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been growing rapidly in both the public and private sectors over the past five to ten years as governments, industry, and individuals grapple with how to reconcile increased energy demand with the need to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations to mitigate the risks of climate change.
April 2006
The Role of Environmental Advocacy Groups in the Advancement of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)
Journal Article, Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, May 8-11, 2006, Alexandria, Virginia
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Fall 2005
The Case for Carbon Capture and Storage
Journal Article, Issues in Science and Technology, issue 1, volume XXII
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Bob van der Zwaan, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
The technology is advancing rapidly; now the government needs to lead the puch for deployment.
September 2005
"Coupling CO2 Capture and Storage with Coal Gasification: Defining "Sequestration-Ready" IGCC"
Discussion Paper
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
Carbon dioxide can be separated and captured more efficiently and at a lower cost from an integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) coal generation power plant than from a conventional pulverized coal power plant.
August 2005
"CO2 Capture and Storage (CCS): Exploring the Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment Continuum"
Discussion Paper
By Jennie Stephens, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy and Bob van der Zwaan, Research Associate, Energy Technology Innovation Policy
The adoption of carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) technologies is increasingly considered a potentially significant contributor to the energy infrastructure changes required to stabilize atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations for the mitigation of climate change.
