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Robert Williams
Senior Research Scientist
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Email: rwilliam@princeton.edu
Bio-sketch
Robert H. Williams is a Senior Research Scientist at the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI), Princeton University, where he heads the Energy Systems/Policy Analysis Group. Under PEI’s BP/Ford-supported Carbon Mitigation Initiative (CMI), he also leads the Carbon Capture Group. He (and colleague Eric Larson) are also involved in an intensive research collaboration with a group in the Thermal Engineering Department at Tsinghua University in Beijing that is exploring clean energy technologies and strategies for China based on coal and biomass gasification.
Trained as a physicist (BS, physics, Yale, 1962; PhD, theoretical plasma physics, UC Berkeley, 1967), Williams joined the Physics Department, U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1970, where he shifted his research from basic physics to energy and environmental analysis. In 1972 he became Chief Scientist with the Ford Foundation's Energy Policy Project, where he was responsible for environmental and energy efficiency research. He joined Princeton University’s Center for Energy and Environmental Studies in the fall of 1975 and PEI in 2001.
Degrees
B.S. (physics), Yale, 1962; Ph.D. (theoretical plasma physics), University of California Berkeley, 1967
Academics
WWS 591d (Fall 1998): Policy Workshop: Strategies for Innovation in Energy Technology, D.F. Bradford and R.H. Williams
Research Interests
Efficient energy use, advanced gas turbine power cycles, combined heat and power, fuel cells for transportation, renewable energy (biomass, photovoltaics, wind), nuclear energy (especially the nuclear proliferation link to nuclear power), the hydrogen economy, synthetic fuels in a climate-constrained world, polygeneration of synthetic fuels and electricity, CO2 capture and storage for fossil energy and fossil/biomass energy systems, CO2-enhanced oil recovery applications of captured CO2, fossil/renewable energy synergisms (especially coal/biomass with CO2 capture and storage and wind/natural gas), energy in developing countries, and energy policy (especially energy technological innovation policy).
Recent Advisory and Related Activities
Editorial Board (2008- ) of Frontiers of Energy and Power Engineering in China, a journal launched by the Ministry of Education of China (published in China by High Education Press of China and published for oversea markets by Springer)
Lead Author (2008-2009) for Knowledge Module on Fossil Energy Systems (Conventional and Advanced) for the Global Energy Assessment
Technical Advisor (2007-2008) to the National Energy Technology Laboratory for its
Coal/Biomass to Liquids study
Member (2007), Working Group on Coal to Liquids of the Transportation Fuels Initiative of the Western Governors Association (WGA), and coauthor of Coal-to-Liquids Report to the WGA
Advisor (2006) to the International Energy Agency in the preparation of a chapter of World Energy Outlook 2006 on the need to bring about a shift from biomass and coal to clean fluid fuels for cooking.
Lead Author for the IPCC Special Report on CO2 Capture and Storage of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), December 2005.
Member (1998-2004), Editorial Board of the World Energy Assessment (WEA). The WEA was a joint project of the UN Development Programme, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and the World Energy Council. The WEA was initiated in response to the outcome of the Special Session of the UN General Assembly in 1997 ("Rio Plus Five" meeting) that reviewed progress in addressing the Agenda 21 goals established at the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. That 1997 meeting declared that the ninth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-9) in 2001 should focus specifically on energy and transport issues. The book Energy and the Challenge olf Sustainability—The World Energy Assessment (2000) was prepared to inform discussion and debate about sustainable energy as an input to both CSD-9 and the "Rio Plus Ten" meeting of the UN General Assembly in 2002. In 2002 WEA sponsors requested that an updated Overview of the World Energy Assessment be prepared, and this was published in 2004. As a member of the WEA Editorial Board and Convening Lead Author of the Advanced Energy Supply Technologies Chapter (Chapter 8 of the WEA), Williams participated in the preparation of this revised overview.
International Member (1993-2003), Working Group on Energy Strategies and Technologies (WGEST) for Phases I and II of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED). For Phase III of the CCICED (begun in 2002), working groups were replaced by task forces, and Williams was an international member of the Task Force on Energy Strategies and Technologies (TFEST), which for the period through 2003 focused on policies for advancing polygeneration (co-production of synthetic fuels, chemicals, and electricity from coal via gasification) in China.
Member (1992- ), Board of Directors, International Energy Initiative (IEI).
Member, Energy R&D Panel of the President’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST, 1997) and Chair of the Panel’s Renewable Energy Task Force.
Member, PCAST Panel on International Cooperation in Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment (1999) and Chair of the Panel’s Energy Supply Task Force.
Member (1995-1998), Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and Chair of the STAP Climate and Energy Working Group.
Lead Author (1994-1995), IPCC Working Group IIa (Energy Supply Mitigation Options) for the IPCC’s Second Assessment Report.
Selected Publications
Journal Articles
Williams, R.H., 1978: Industrial cogeneration, Annual Review of Energy, 2: 313-356, 1978.
Feiveson, H.A., F. von Hippel, and R.H. Williams, 1979: Fission power: an evolutionary strategy, Science, 203: 330-337, 26 January.
Williams, R.H., 1985: Potential roles for bioenergy in an energy‑efficient world, Ambio, 14 (4-5): 201-209.
Goldemberg, J., T.B. Johansson, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams, 1985: Basic needs and much more with 1 kilowatt per capita, Ambio, 14 (4‑5): 190‑200.
Goldemberg, J., T.B. Johansson, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams, 1985: An end‑use oriented global energy strategy, Annual Review of Energy, 10: 613‑688.
Larson, E.D., M.H. Ross, and R.H. Williams, 1986: Beyond the era of materials, Scientific American, 254 (6): 34‑41, June.
Williams, R.H., E.D. Larson, and M.H. Ross, 1987: Materials, affluence, and industrial energy use, Annual Review of Energy, 12: 99‑144.
Larson, E.D., and R.H. Williams, 1987: Steam‑injected gas turbines, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, Transactions of the ASME, 109 (1): 55‑63, January.
Larson, E.D., and R.H. Williams, 1990: Biomass gasifier steam‑injected gas turbine cogeneration, Journal of Engineering for Gas Turbines and Power, 112: 157-163, April.
Larson, E.D., J.M. Ogden, R.H. Williams, and M. Hylton, 1990: Biomass‑fired steam‑injected gas turbine cogeneration for the cane sugar industry, International Sugar Journal, 92 (1095): 49-66, March/April.
Williams, R.H., and H.A. Feiveson, 1990: Diversion‑resistance criteria for future nuclear power, Energy Policy, 18 (6): 543‑549, July/August.
Ogden, J.M., and R.H. Williams, 1990: Electrolytic hydrogen from thin‑film solar cells, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 15 (3): 155-169.
Weinberg, C.J., and R.H. Williams, 1990: Energy from the sun, Scientific American, 263 (3): 147-155, September.
Hall, D.O., H.E. Mynick, and R.H. Williams, 1991: Cooling the greenhouse with biomass
energy, Nature, 353: 11-12, September.
Williams, R.H., 1992: The potential for reducing CO2 emissions with new energy technology: an illustrative scenario for the power sector in China, Science and Global Security, 3: 1‑42.
Williams, R.H., E.D. Larson, R.E. Katofsky, and J. Chen, 1995: Methanol and hydrogen from
biomass for transportation, Energy for Sustainable Development: The Journal of the
International Energy Initiative, I (5): 18-34, January.
Johansson, T.B., R.H. Williams, J.A. Edmonds, H. Ishitani, 1996: Options for reducing CO2 emissions from the energy supply sector, Energy Policy, 24 (10/11): 985-1003.
Williams, R.H., and E.D. Larson, 1996: Biomass gasifier gas turbine power generating technology, Biomass and Bioenergy, 10 (2-3): 149-166.
Blok, K., R.H. Williams, R.E. Katofsky, and C.A. Hendriks, 1997: Hydrogen production from natural gas, sequestration of recovered CO2 in depleted gas wells, and enhanced natural gas recovery, Energy: the International Journal, 22 (2/3): 161-168.
Lew, D., R.H. Williams, S. Xie, and S. Zhang, 1998: Large-scale baseload wind power in China, Natural Resources Forum, 22 (3): 165-18.
Williams, R.H., 1998: A technological strategy for making fossil fuels environment- and climate-friendly, World Energy Council Journal, pp. 59-67, July.
Steinbugler, M.M., and R.H. Williams, 1998: Beyond combustion: fuel cell cars for the 21st century, Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy, 13 (4), pp. 102-107, Winter.
Kartha, S., T.G. Kreutz, and R.H. Williams, 2000: Small-scale biomass fuel cell/gas turbine power systems for rural areas, Energy for Sustainable Development, 4 (1): 85-89, June.
Henderick, P., and R.H. Williams, 2000: Trigeneration in a northern Chinese village using crop residues, Energy for Sustainable Development, 4 (3): 13-29, October.
Payne, A., R. Duke, and R.H. Williams, 2001: Accelerating residential PV expansion: supply analysis for competitive electricity markets, Energy Policy, 29: 787-800.
Larson, E.D., R.H. Williams, and Leal, M.Regis L.V., 2001: A review of biomass integrated-gasifier/gas turbine combined cycle technology and its application in sugarcane industries, with an analysis for Cuba, Energy for Sustainable Development, V (1): 54-76, March.
Williams, R.H., 2001: Addressing challenges to sustainable development with innovative energy technologies in a competitive electric industry, Energy for Sustainable Development, V (2): 48-73, June.
Williams, R.H., 2001: Toward zero emissions from coal in China, Energy for Sustainable Development, V (4): 39-65, December.
Goldemberg, J., T.B. Johansson, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams, 2001: Energy for the New Millenium, Ambio, 30 (6): 330-337, September (Volvo Environment Prize article).
TFEST (Task Force on Energy Strategies and Technologies[1]), 2003: Transforming coal for sustainability: a strategy for China, Energy for Sustainable Development, VII (4): 21-30.
Williams, R.H. and E.D. Larson, 2003: A comparison of direct and indirect liquefaction technologies for making fluid fuels from coal, Energy for Sustainable Development, VII (4): 89-115.
Ogden, J.M., R.H. Williams, and E. Larson, 2004: Societal lifecycle costs of cars with alternative fuels, Energy Policy, 32: 7-27.
Goldemberg, J., T.B. Johansson, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams, 2004: A global clean cooking fuel initiative, Energy for Sustainable Development, VIII (3): 5-12, September.
Duke, R., R.H. Williams, and A. Payne, 2005: Accelerating residential PV expansion: demand analysis for competitive electricity markets, Energy Policy, 33: 1912-1929.
Chiesa, Paolo, Stefano Consonni, Thomas Kreutz, and Robert Williams, 2005: Co-production of hydrogen, electricity, and CO2 from coal with commercially ready technology. Part A: performance and emissions, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 30: 747-767.
Kreutz, Thomas, Robert Williams, Stefano Consonni, and Paolo Chiesa, 2005: Co-production of
hydrogen, electricity, and CO2 from coal with commercially ready technology, Part B: economic Analysis, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 30: 769-784.
de Lorenzo, Luca, Paolo Chiesa, Thomas Kreutz, and Robert Williams, 2005: Carbon-free hydrogen and electricity from coal: options for syngas cooling in systems using a hydrogen separation membrane reactor, Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2005, Reno, NV, June 6-9, 2005. Selected as a “Best Paper Award” winner by the Coal, Biomass & Alternative Fuels Committee.
Succar, S., J. B. Greenblatt, and R. H. Williams, 2006: "Arguing the case for storage," Windpower Monthly, 22 (4): 8-10, April.
D.G. Hawkins, D.A. Lashof, and R.H. Williams, 2006: “What to do about coal,” Scientific American, 295 (3): 68-75 (special issue: Energy Future Beyond Carbon), September.
J.B. Greenblatt, S. Succar, D.C. Denkenberger, R.H. Williams, and R.H. Socolow, 2007: “Baseload wind energy: modeling the competition between gas turbines and compressed air energy storage for supplemental generation,” Energy Policy,35 (3): 1474-1492, 2007.
K. Meng, R.H. Williams, and M.A. Celia, “Opportunities for low-cost CO2 storage demonstration projects in China,” Energy Policy, 35: 2368-2378, 2007.
Xu, Yuan, R.H. Williams, and R.H. Socolow, “China's rapid deployment of SO2 scrubbers,” accepted (in February 2009) for publication in Energy and Environmental Science.
Books
EPP Staff (including Williams), 1974: A Time to Choose: America's Energy Future, the Final Report of the Energy Policy Project (EPP) of the Ford Foundation, Ballinger, Cambridge, October 1974.
Williams, R.H., ed., 1975: The Energy Conservation Papers, a collection of special reports of the Energy Policy Project of the Ford Foundation, Ballinger, Cambridge, 1975.
Williams, R.H., ed., 1978: Toward A Solar Civilization, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
Ross, M.H., and R.H. Williams, 1981: Our Energy: Regaining Control, McGraw Hill, January.
Goldemberg, J., T.B. Johansson, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams, 1987: Energy for a Sustainable World, World Resources Institute, 119 p., September.
Goldemberg, J., T.B. Johansson, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams, 1987: Energy for Development, World Resources Institute, 73 p., September.
Goldemberg, J., T.B. Johansson, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams, 1988: Energy for a
Sustainable World, Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 517 pp.
Johansson, T.B., B. Bodlund, and R.H. Williams, eds., 1989: Electricity: Efficient End-Use and
New Generation Technologies, and Their Planning Implications, Lund University Press, Lund,
Sweden, 960 pp.
Ogden, J.M., and R.H. Williams, 1989: Solar Hydrogen: Moving Beyond Fossil Fuels, World
Resources Institute, Washington, DC.
Johansson, T.B., H. Kelly, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams, eds., 1993: Renewable Energy:
Sources forFuels and Electricity, Island Press, Wash., DC, 1160 pp.
Reddy, A.K.N., R.H. Williams, T.B. Johansson, Energy After Rio, Prospects and Challenges,
United Nations Development Program, New York, NY, 1997. 176 pp.
WEA Editorial Board, 2000: Overview: Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability—the World Energy Assessment, 28 pp., UN Development Programme, New York. [The Overview of the World Energy Assessment (WEA) is the collective responsibility of the 10 convening lead authors of WEA chapters (of which Williams is one), the Chair, the 5 Vice Chairs, and the 3 representatives of the establishing institutions.]
Goldemberg, J., and T.B. Johansson, eds., 2004: World Energy Assessment: Overview, 2004 Update [with contributions from 21 authors, including Williams], United Nations Development Programme, New York, 85 pages. The WEA is a project of the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and the World Energy Council.
Chapters in Books
Johansson, T.B., H. Kelly, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams, 1993: Renewable fuels and electricity for a growing world economy, pp. 1‑72, in Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels and Electricity.
Williams, R.H., and E.D. Larson, 1993: Advanced gasification-based biomass power generation, pp. 729-785, in Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels and Electricity.
Hall, D.O., F. Rosillo-Calle, R.H. Williams, and J. Woods, 1993: Biomass for energy: supply prospects, pp. 593-652, in Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels & Electricity.
Johansson, T.B., H. Kelly, A.K.N. Reddy, and R.H. Williams, 1993: A renewables‑intensive global energy scenario, pp. 1071‑1142, in Renewable Energy: Sources for Fuels and Electricity.
Williams, R.H., 1994: Roles for biomass energy in sustainable development, pp. 199-225, in
Industrial Ecology and Global Change, R.H. Socolow et al. (eds.), Cambridge University Press,
Cambridge.
Williams, R.H. (+ other lead authors), 1996: Chapter 19: Energy supply mitigation options," pp. 588-647, in Climate Change 1995 - Impacts, Adaptations and Mitigation of Climate Change: Scientific-Technical Analyses, R.T. Watson, M.C. Zinyowera, R.H. Moss, eds., Second Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, 879 pp.
Williams, R.H., 1998: Fuel decarbonization for fuel cell applications and sequestration of the
separated CO2, pp. 180-222, in Eco-restructuring: Implications for Sustainable Development,
Ayres (ed.), United Nations University Press, Tokyo.
Williams, R.H., and B. Wells, 1998: Solar-assisted hydrogen production from natural gas with
low CO2 emissions, pp. 503-512, in Greenhouse Gas Mitigation: Technologies for Activities
Implemented Jointly: Proceedings of the International Conference on Activities Implemented
Jointly, May 26-29, 1997,Vancouver, British Columbia, P.W.F. Riemer, A.J. Smith, and K.V.
Thambimuthu (eds.).
Williams, R.H., 1999: Hydrogen production from coal and coal bed methane, using byproduct CO2 for enhanced methane recovery and sequestering the CO2 in the coal bed, pp. 799-804, in Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on GHG Control Technologies, Interlaken, Switzerland, August 30 – September 2, 1998, B. Eliasson, P. Riemer, and A. Wokaun (eds.), Pergamon, Amsterdam, 1205 p.
Williams, R.H., 1999: Toward zero emissions for coal: roles for inorganic membranes, Proceedings of the International Symposium Toward Zero Emissions: the Challenge for Hydrocarbons, Palazzo Colonna, Rome, Italy, March 11-13, 1999.
Williams, R.H. (Convening Lead Author), 2000: Advanced energy supply technologies, Chapter 8, pp. 274 to 329, in Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability—the World Energy Assessment
World Energy Assessment, 508 pages, UN Development Programme, New York.
Goldemberg, J. (Convening Lead Author), and A.K.N. Reddy, K. Smith, and R.H. Williams (Lead Authors), 2000: Rural energy for developing countries, Chapter 10, pp. 369 to 389, in Energy and the Challenge of Sustainability—the World Energy Assessment, 508 pages, UN Development Programme, New York.
Williams, R.H., 2002: Nuclear and alternative energy supply options for an environmentally constrained world: a long-term perspective, Chapter 6, pp. 85-122, in Nuclear Power and the Spread of Nuclear Weapons: Can We Have One Without the Other?, P. Leventhal, S. Tanzer, and S. Dolley, eds., Brassey’s, Washington, DC, 340 pp.
Kreutz, T.G., R.H. Williams, R.H. Socolow, P. Chiesa, G. Lozza, 2002: Production of hydrogen and electricity from coal with CO2 capture, in Proceeding of the 6th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies (GHGT-6), Kyoto Japan. 30 September - 4 October.
Williams, R.H., 2003: “Toward zero emissions for transportation using fossil fuels,” pp. 63-103, in Proceedings of the VIII Biennial Asilomar Conference on Transportation, Energy, and Environmental Policy: Managing Transitions, K.S. Kurani and D. Sperling (eds.), Transportation Research Board: Washington, DC, 284 pp.
Williams, R.H., 2003: Decarbonized fossil energy carriers and their energy technological competitors, pp. 119-135, in Proceedings of the Workshop on Carbon Capture and Storage of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, published by ECN (Energy Research Center of The Netherlands), 18-21 November, 178 pp.
Luca De Lorenzo, Thomas G. Kreutz, Paolo Chiesa, and Robert H. Williams, 2004: Carbon-free hydrogen and electricity from coal: options for syngas cooling in systems using a hydrogen separation membrane reactor, Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference on Carbon Sequestration, Alexandria, VA, May 3-6.
Thomas Kreutz and Robert Williams, 2004: Competition between coal and natural gas in producing H2 and electricity under CO2 emission constraints,” Proceedings of the 7th International Meeting on Greenhouse Gas Control (GHGT-7), Vancouver, Canada, 5-9 September.
F. Celik, E.D. Larson, and R.H. Williams, 2004: Transportation fuels from coal with low CO2 emissions, Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, (GHGT-7), Vancouver, BC, Canada, September 5-9.
E.D. Larson, H. Jin, R.H. Williams, and F.E. Celik, 2005: “Gasification-based liquid fuels and electricity from biomass with carbon capture and storage,” Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration: Developing Potential Paths Forward Based on the Knowledge, Science and Experience to Date, Advanced Concepts – Biomass Offsets (powerpoint presentation), May.
R.H. Williams, “Cost-competitive, low-GHG-emitting synthetic liquid fuels via coordinated energy production with CO2 capture and storage from coal and biomass,” 2005: Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture & Sequestration: Developing Potential Paths Forward Based on the Knowledge, Science and Experience to Date, Advanced Concepts – Biomass Offsets (powerpoint presentation), May.
J. Gale (coordinating lead author) and J. Bradshaw, Z. Chen, A. Garg, D. Gomez, H.-H. Rogner, D. Simbeck, and R.H. Williams (lead authors), 2005: Sources of CO2, Chapter 2 in Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, a Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 431 pages.
K. Thambimuthu, M. Soltanieh, and J.C. Abanades (coordinating lead authors) and R. Allam, O. Boland, J. Davison, P. Feron, F. Goede, A. Herrera, M. Iijima, D. Jansen, I. Leites, P. Mathieu, E. Rubin, D. Simbeck, K. Warmuzinski, M. Wilkinson, and R. Williams, 2005: Capture of CO2, Chapter 3 in Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, a Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 431 pages.
R.H. Williams, E.D. Larson, and H. Jin, 2006: “Comparing climate-change mitigating potentials of alternative synthetic liquid fuel technologies using biomass and coal, Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration-DOE/NETL, Alexandria, Virginia, 8-11 May.
S. Succar, J.B. Greenblatt, and R.H. Williams, 2006: “Comparing coal IGCC with CCS and wind-CAES baseload power options in a carbon-constrained world,” Proceedings of the 5th Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration-DOE/NETL, Alexandria, Virginia, 8-11 May.
S. Succar, D. Denkenberger, J. B. Greenblatt, and R. H. Williams, 2006: "An integrated optimization of large-scale wind with variable rating coupled to compressed air energy storage," Proceedings of AWEA Windpower 2006, Pittsburgh, PA.
R.H. Williams, E.D. Larson, and H. Jin, 2006: “Synthetic fuels in a world with high oil and carbon prices,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, 19-22 June.
E.D. Larson, R.H. Williams, and H. Jin, 2006: “Fuels and electricity from biomass with CO2 capture and storage,” Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Trondheim, Norway, 19-22 June.
Larson, E.D., H. Jin, G. Liu, and R.H. Williams, 2007: “Zero-carbon FT liquids via gasification of coal and biomass with CCS,” PowerPoint paper, Proceedings Sixth Annual Carbon Capture and Sequestration Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 7-10 May.
R.H. Williams, S. Consonni, G. Fiorese, and E.D. Larson, 2007: “Synthetic gasoline and diesel from coal and mixed prairie grasses for a carbon-constrained world,” PowerPoint paper, Sixth Annual Carbon Capture and Sequestration Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 7-10 May.
R.H. Williams, and T.G. Kreutz, 2007: “An opportunity for enhanced oil recovery in Texas using CO2 from IGCC+CCS fueled with mixtures of petcoke and low-rank coals,” PowerPoint paper, Proceedings Sixth Annual Conference on Carbon Capture and Sequestration, Pittsburgh, PA, May 7-10.
Kreutz, T., E. Larson, G. Liu, and R. Williams, 2008: “Fischer-Tropsch Fuels from Coal and Biomass,” Proceedings of the 25th Annual International Pittsburgh Coal Conference, Pittsburgh, PA, 29 September – 2 October.
Larson, E., G. Fiorese, G. Liu, R. Williams, T. Kreutz, and S.Consonni, 2008: “ Co-production of synfuels and electricity from coal + biomass with zero net carbon emissions: an Illinois case study,” to be published in the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Washington, DC, 16-20 November.
R. Williams, E. Larson, G. Liu, and T. Kreutz, 2008: “Fischer-Tropsch Fuels from Coal and Biomass: Strategic Advantages of Once-Through (‘Polygeneration’) Configurations,” to be published in the Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies, Washington, DC, 16-20 November.
Commissioned Reports
R.H. Williams + Other Members Of the Energy R&D Panel of the President’s Committee of
Advisors and Science And Technology (PCAST), 1997: Federal Energy Research and
Development for the Challenges of the Twenty-First Century, Wash., DC, November.
R.H. Socolow (editor), J. Ogden, R.H. Williams, and other Report Committee members, 1997:
Fuels Decarbonization and Carbon Sequestration: Report of a Workshop, PU/CEES Report No.
302, CEES, Princeton University, November.
R.H. Williams + other members of the PCAST Panel on International Cooperation in Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment, 1999: Powerful Partnerships: The Federal Role in International Cooperation on Energy Innovation, June.
E.D. Larson, R.H. Williams, and M.R.L.V. Leal, 2000: Biomass Integrated-Gasifier/Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Technology for Sugarcane Processing Industries: Possibilities for Cuba, report prepared for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo, 28 November.
R.H. Williams, 2004: IGCC: next steps on the path to gasification-based energy from coal, in NCEP Technical Appendix: Expanding Energy Supply, in The National Commission on Energy Policy, Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet America’s Energy Challenges, Washington, DC, December.
R.H. Williams, 2004: Toward polygeneration of fluid fuels and electricity via gasification of
coal and biomass, in NCEP Technical Appendix: Expanding Energy Supply, in The National
Commission on Energy Policy, Ending the Energy Stalemate: A Bipartisan Strategy to Meet
America’s Energy Challenges, Washington, DC, December.
WGA Coal to Liquids Working Group (G. Parker, P. Bollinger, G. Schaefer, D. Sheppard, and R. Williams), 2007: Coal to Liquids, a report of the Transportation Fuels for the Future Initiative of the Western Governors’ Association, including a separate statement by R. Williams (appendix), November, available at www.westgov.org
R.H. Williams, Invited Written Testimony for the Hearing on the Future of Coal under Carbon Cap and Trade before the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, US House of Representatives, 27 September 2007
S. Succar and R.H. Williams, 2008: Compressed Air Energy Storage: Theory, Operation and Applications, a report of the Energy Systems Analysis Group, Princeton Environmental Institute, Princeton University, 8 April.
Boards, Committees, Editorships:
Member, Editorial Board, and a Convening Lead Author of the World Energy Assessment (WEA) of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, and the World Energy Council.
Member, International Energy Research, Development, Demonstration, and Deployment Panel of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) and Chairman of its Energy Supply Task Force, 1998-
International Member, Energy Strategies and Technologies Working Group of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development, February 1993-
Member, Board of Directors, International Energy Initiative (a developing country-led effort to accelerate the implementation of more efficient means to produce and use energy in developing countries), September 1992-
Member, Energy Research and Development Panel of the President's Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology and Chairman of its Renewable Energy Task Force, 1997.
Member, Scientific and Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) to the Global Environment Facility (GEF), January 1995-98 and Chairman of the STAP Climate and Energy Working Group.
The GEF is administered by The World Bank, the United Nations Development Programme, and the United Nations Environment Programme.