Henry Kelly
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
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.
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.
Recent Events and Presentations
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.
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.