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Henry Kelly

Henry Kelly

Senior Fellow

Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability

Henry Kelly, a Senior Fellow at the Boston University Institute for Global Sustainability, is an expert in technology policy and has worked extensively on energy, information, education technology, and nuclear weapons. He served as Principal Associate Director for Environment and Energy in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) in the Clinton administration, Associate Director for Technology in the Obama administration, Acting Associate Director and Principal Deputy Associate Director for the Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, President of the Federation of American Scientists, Senior Associate at the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment, Assistant Director of the Solar Energy Research Institute (now the National Renewable Energy Laboratory), and a scientist in the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

Dr. Kelly is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has numerous publications in physics, energy, education, and other topics.

Recent Publications

March 3, 2023

Petrochemicals Without Fossil Fuels: A National Climate-Tech Initiative

Zero-emission petrochemical production has never enjoyed the focus, the visibility, or the resources directed at other energy innovations. This must change.

June 21, 2021

Clean and Competitive: Opportunities for U.S. Manufacturing Leadership in the Global-Low Carbon Economy

The United States needs an integrated national strategy to address the twin challenges of bolstering its manufacturing sector and averting climate change. Timely federal RD&D and deployment policies targeted to specific manufacturing industries could create comparative advantage, expanding domestic investment and employment.

More publications by Henry Kelly

Recent Events and Presentations

March 16, 2023

Petrochemicals Without the Petro: A New Initiative?

Watch to learn more about these exciting innovations and to discuss a federal initiative (such as a DOE EarthShot) to accelerate them.

June 24, 2021

How to Make U.S. Manufacturing Clean and Competitive in the Global Low-Carbon Economy

ITIF hosted a discussion about a recently released report, in partnership with Boston University’s Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Fraunhofer USA Center for Manufacturing Innovation, outlining policy recommendations to integrate the U.S. manufacturing innovation and competitiveness agenda with emerging national climate policies.

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