Elizabeth J. Wilson
Professor
Dr. Elizabeth J. Wilson is a Professor of Environmental Studies and was the founding Director of the Arthur L. Irving Institute for Energy and Society (2017-2022). She studies how energy systems are evolving in the face of new technologies, new societal pressures and new risks. Her current research focuses on Offshore Wind and examines the gaps between policy goals and practice in the U.S. and internationally. She studies how federal, state, and local institutions are evolving to support and thwart Offshore Wind development within the context of energy system transitions. This research integrates policy goals with the financial incentives, and explores deployment challenges like transmission system integration. Wilson's previous research has examined Regional Transmission Organizations, (which manage the transmission planning, electricity markets and grid operations for over 70 percent of North American electricity sales), Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Smart Grids, onshore Wind Power, and Renewables Policy. Recent books include Energy Law and Policy, Third Edition (West Academic Publishing) (with Davies, Klass, Tomain and Osofsky) and Smart Grid (R)evolution: Electric Power Struggles (Cambridge Press) (with Stephens and Peterson).
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Department(s)
Environmental Studies
Education
- B.A. University of California, Santa Cruz
- M.S. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
- Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University
Selected Publications
Lincoln L. Davies, Alexandra B. Klass, Hari M. Osofsky, Joseph P. Tomain and Elizabeth J. Wilson. 2022. Energy Law and Policy, 3rd Edition. West Academic Publishing.
Hansen, Silverman, Wilson, Baker, Offshore wind farms connected by an underwater power grid for transmission could revolutionize how the East Coast gets its electricity, The Conversation, July 2024
Jennie C. Stephens, Elizabeth J. Wilson and Tarla Rai Peterson. 2015. Smart Grid (R)evolution: Electric Power Struggles. Cambridge University Press.