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'''Benjamin K. Sovacool''' is an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at the [[National University of Singapore]]. In 2007 Sovacool co-edited ''[[Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths]]'' and in 2008 he wrote ''[[The Dirty Energy Dilemma]]'' which won a 2009 [[Nautilus Award]]. He has published more than 90 academic papers and is a regular contributor to ''The Electricity Journal'' and ''[[Energy Policy]]''.
'''Benjamin K. Sovacool''' is an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at the [[National University of Singapore]]. In 2007 Sovacool co-edited ''[[Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths]]'' and in 2008 he wrote ''[[The Dirty Energy Dilemma]]'' which won a 2009 [[Nautilus Award]]. His other books include ''Powering the Green Economy'', ''The Routledge Handbook of Energy Security'', ''[[Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power]]'', and ''Climate Change and Global Energy Security''. Sovacool has published more than 90 academic papers and is a regular contributor to ''The Electricity Journal'' and ''[[Energy Policy]]''.


== Academic appointments ==
== Academic appointments ==

Revision as of 09:50, 31 July 2011

Benjamin K. Sovacool is an Assistant Professor and Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore. In 2007 Sovacool co-edited Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths and in 2008 he wrote The Dirty Energy Dilemma which won a 2009 Nautilus Award. His other books include Powering the Green Economy, The Routledge Handbook of Energy Security, Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power, and Climate Change and Global Energy Security. Sovacool has published more than 90 academic papers and is a regular contributor to The Electricity Journal and Energy Policy.

Academic appointments

Sovacool is an assistant professor at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. He is also a Research Fellow in the Energy Governance Program at the Centre on Asia and Globalization. Sovacool has a PhD in Science and Technology Studies from Virginia Tech.[1]

Research work

Nuclear power plants produce electricity with about 66 g equivalent lifecycle carbon dioxide emissions per kWh, while renewable power generators produce electricity with 9.5-38 g carbon dioxide per kWh. Renewable electricity technologies are thus "two to seven times more effective than nuclear power plants on a per kWh basis at fighting climate change".[2]

Sovacool's research interests include energy policy, environmental issues, and science and technology policy.[1] He has published more than 90 academic papers and is a regular contributor to The Electricity Journal and Energy Policy. He has also appeared on the BBC World News, Bloomberg Live!, and Channel News Asia and been interviewed by Newsweek International, Associated Press, United Press International.[1][3]

He has written extensively on non-technical barriers to renewable energy commercialization. He also worked in advisor and research positions for Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the Virginia Center for Coal and Energy Research, plus the U.S. Department of Energy's Climate Change Technology Program.[1][4]

His work on carbon emissions from nuclear power stations has also been reviewed in Nature.[5]

Books

In 2007, Sovacool co-edited Energy and American Society: Thirteen Myths which has been reviewed in Energy Policy[6] and the Annals of the Association of American Geographers.[7] In 2008, he wrote The Dirty Energy Dilemma: What’s Blocking Clean Power in the United States which was published by Praeger and won a 2009 Nautilus Award.[3]

In Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power (2011) Sovacool says that there is a "consensus among a broad base of independent, nonpartisan experts that nuclear power plants are a poor choice for producing electricity", and that "energy efficiency programs and renewable power technologies are better than nuclear power plants".[8]

His other books include:

Selected articles

  • “Identifying Future Electricity Water Tradeoffs in the United States,” with Kelly E. Sovacool, Energy Policy, 37(7) (July, 2009), pp. 2763-2773.
  • “Preventing National Electricity-Water Crisis Areas in the United States,” with Kelly E. Sovacool, Columbia Journal of Environmental Law, 34(2) (July, 2009), pp. 333-393.
  • “The Intermittency of Wind, Solar, and Renewable Electricity Generators: Technical Barrier or Rhetorical Excuse?” Utilities Policy 17(3) (September, 2009), pp. 288-296.
  • “Exploring and Contextualizing Public Opposition to Renewable Electricity in the United States,” Sustainability, 1(3) (September, 2009), pp. 702-721.
  • “Reassessing Energy Security and the Trans-ASEAN Natural Gas Pipeline Network in Southeast Asia,” Pacific Affairs, 82(3) (Fall, 2009), pp. 467-486.
  • “Rejecting Renewables: The Socio-technical Impediments to Renewable Electricity in the United States,” Energy Policy, 37(11) (November, 2009), pp. 4500-4513.
  • “The Cultural Barriers to Renewable Energy in the United States,” Technology in Society, 31(4) (November, 2009), pp. 365-373.
  • “Who Governs Energy? The Challenges Facing Global Energy Governance,” with Ann E. Florini, Energy Policy, 37(12) (December, 2009), pp. 5239–5248.
  • “The Barriers to Energy Efficiency in China: Assessing Household Electricity Savings and Consumer Behavior in Liaoning Province,” with Feng Dianshu and Khuong Minh Vu, Energy Policy, 38(2) (February, 2010), pp. 1202-1209.
  • “Building Umbrellas or Arks? Three Alternatives to Carbon Credits and Offsets,” Electricity Journal, 23(2) (March, 2010), pp. 29-40.
  • “A Transition to Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs): Why Public Health Professionals Must Care,” Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64(3) (March, 2010), pp. 185-187.
  • “Broken By Design: The Corporation as a Failed Technology,” Science, Technology, & Society, 15(1) (March, 2010), pp. 1-25.
  • “A Comparative Analysis of Renewable Electricity Support Mechanisms for Southeast Asia,” Energy, 35(4) (April, 2010), pp. 1779-1793.
  • “Symbolic Convergence and the Hydrogen Economy,” with Brent Brossmann, Energy Policy, 38(4) (April, 2010), pp. 1999-2012.
  • “The Political Economy of Oil and Gas in Southeast Asia: Heading Towards the Natural Resource Curse?” Pacific Review, 23(2) (May, 2010), pp. 225-259.
  • “Critically Weighing the Costs and Benefits of a Nuclear Renaissance,” Journal of Integrative Environmental Sciences, 7(2) (June, 2010), pp. 105-122.
  • “A Critical Stakeholder Analysis of the Trans-ASEAN Gas Pipeline (TAGP) Network,” Land Use Policy, 27(3) (July, 2010), pp. 788-797.
  • “Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy under Extreme Conditions: Case Studies from Antarctica,” with Tina Tin, David Blake, Peter Magill, Saad El Naggar, Sven Lidstrom, Kenji Ishizawa, and Johan Berte, Renewable Energy, 35(8) (August, 2010), pp. 1715-1723.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Profile: Benjamin K. Sovacool
  2. ^ Benjamin K. Sovacool. A Critical Evaluation of Nuclear Power and Renewable Electricity in Asia, Journal of Contemporary Asia, Vol. 40, No. 3, August 2010, p. 386.
  3. ^ a b Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool
  4. ^ Benjamin K. Sovacool, Marilyn A. Brown. The Dirty Energy Dilemma: What's Blocking Clean Power in the United States, ABC-CLIO, 2008, ISBN 9780313355400, ISBN 0313355401.
  5. ^ Kurt Kleiner. Nuclear energy: assessing the emissions, Nature Reports Climate Change, 24 September 2008.
  6. ^ Fereidoon P. Sioshansi. Energy and American Society—Thirteen Myths (Book Review) Energy Policy, 35 (2007), pp. 6554–6555.
  7. ^ Pasqualetti, Martin J. (2008). "Review of Energy and American Society--Thirteen Myths, B. Sovacool, M. Brown (eds.)". Annals of the Association of American Geographers. Vol. 98, no. 2. Routledge. pp. 504–505. doi:10.1080/00045600801944210Template:Inconsistent citations{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link).
  8. ^ Benjamin K. Sovacool (2011). "Contesting the Future of Nuclear Power" (PDF). World Scientific. p. 248–250.
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