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Doug Sims, Energy Project Finance Specialist, New York
I am NRDC’s Energy Project Finance Specialist. I joined NRDC earlier this year after many years at an international law firm working on the project financing of energy and other infrastructure projects in Latin America, Africa and other places. It was exciting and interesting work, but life is short, and I wanted to apply my skills to combating climate change and to be on the front lines of the green revolution. I work on issues related to renewable energy deployment in the US and abroad. I earned a BA in philosophy from Stanford and a law degree from Harvard.
Recent Posts
Posted December 22, 2011 by Doug Sims in Curbing Pollution, Environmental Justice, Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places, Solving Global Warming
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- CADE, CCTP, Chile, energypolicy, HidroAysén, LaComisiónAsesoraparaelDesarrolloEléctrico, latinamerica, renewables, solar
Last May, in the middle of increasing public concern about energy mega-projects, particularly the proposed mega-dam complex called HidroAysén, President Piñera appointed a multi-disciplinary panel of experts to a special advisory body called La Comisión Asesora para el Desarrollo Eléctrico...continued→
Posted March 17, 2011 by Doug Sims in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Nuclear Weapons, Waste and Energy, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places, U.S. Law and Policy
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- Atacama, biomass, Chile, coal, efficiency, electricity, gas, hydro, nuclear, Obama, Pinera, renewables, solar, wind
Before the emerging energy crisis was exacerbated by events in Libya and Japan, President Obama’s trip to Chile already had energy as a major agenda item. The visit seemed destined to be a genial affair in which Obama and President...continued→
Posted October 27, 2010 by Doug Sims in Curbing Pollution, Green Enterprise, Health and the Environment, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Solving Global Warming
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- bank, CEDA, energy, equity, green, Ohio, partnership, public-private
What is the best way to use government dollars to speed the deployment of cutting edge renewable energy technologies while creating jobs and growth at home and not destroying private incentives? It’s sort of a trick question in that there...continued→
Posted August 4, 2010 by Doug Sims in Green Enterprise, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places, Solving Global Warming
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- biogem, blackout, Chile, Colbún, electricitysector, Endesa, HidroAysén, Patagonia, publicpolicy
In my last blog, I discussed how some of the ills of the Chilean electricity sector can be attributed to the privatization of public policy, which has effectively been entrusted to a small number of energy companies and their shareholders. ...continued→
Posted July 29, 2010 by Doug Sims in Curbing Pollution, Living Sustainably, Moving Beyond Oil, Saving Wildlife and WIld Places
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- biogem, chile, chile_electricity_sector, hydropower, internationalenergyagency, privatization, publicpolicy
In the early eighties, Chile was a world leader in modernizing its electricity sector by privatizing state assets and creating a competitive environment. Now, it has the chance to be a leader again in the “green power” revolution if it...continued→
