Mr. Stephen Connors is director of the Analysis Group for Regional Energy Alternatives (AGREA) at MIT’s Laboratory for Energy and the Environment (LFEE). In July 2001, Mr. Connors became the coordinator of the Alliance for Global Sustainability’s (AGS) “Near-Term Pathway to a Sustainable Energy Future” integrated research, education and outreach program. In this role Mr. Connors builds upon his expertise in integrated assessment research to develop and promote LFEE and AGS activities focused on how different technology and policy options affect long-term energy sector economic and environmental performance. In addition to these duties, Mr. Connors is also the MIT based co-director of the CMI Centre for Energy Security, along with Dr. William Nuttall at Cambridge University’s Judge Business School.
Founded in 1988, AGREA’s primary research focus is in strategy planning in energy and the environment, with an emphasis on regional energy infrastructures. AGREA lends its talents to projects across campus—and the world—that need to look at how the deployment of alternative technology portfolios will impact the cost and emission of regional energy infrastructures, primarily electricity. Fundamental to AGREA’s approach is the use of long-term planning tools within a multi-attribute tradeoff analysis framework. This approach automatically looks for costeffective ways to attain multiple goals of cost-competitiveness and environment quality, and also encourage public participation in the planning process, via stakeholder interaction and input. Over the years AGREA has employed its tradeoff analysis approach in several regions of the U.S., China, Europe and Latin America. From 1988 to 1996, the group looked at a broad range of options for New England power companies, utility and environment regulators, consumers, and environmental advocates. Aggressive conservation, solar and wind energy, the development of electric vehicles, repowering of old power plants, and trade regulations for NOx emissions were all topics explored on behalf of the project’s multi-stakeholder audience. The tools and technique of this project have been used in numerous projects. Most notably are the AGS projects SESAMS—Swiss Case Study and the China Energy Technology Program (CETP). AGREA’s multi-scenario approach was also an integral component of AGS Mexico City Air Quality Program, which looked at all emissions sources from the Mexican megacity, not just electric power. Current projects include TRANSES (Alternatives for the Transition to Sustainable Energy Services) looking at Scandinavia, and research in the United States looking at renewable power generation, power system dynamics, and avoided power plant emissions by solar and windpower. The new “Near-Term Pathway to a Sustainable Energy Future” program will consist of numerous regional studies, encompassing several key areas of energy supply and demand, such as sustainable mobility, future fuels and feedstocks, clean electricity supplies, and efficient and smart utilization.
Mr. Connors is the former head of the MIT Energy Laboratory’s Electric Utility Program, and holds two degrees from the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (Mechanical Engineering and Applied Anthropology), as well as Master from MIT.
史蒂芬.康纳斯，麻省理工学院能源与环境实验室（LFEE）区域可替代能源（AGREA）主任。2001年7月，康纳斯先生开始全面负责全球可持续发展联盟（AGS）当年主题为“未来可持续能源的短期解决途径”的研究、教育、宣传整合项目。康纳斯先生在他发展和促进LFEE与AGS研究活动所积累的专业知识及经验之上，开始关注不同的技术与政策取向对长期能源经济及环境带来的影响。除了上述工作之外，康纳斯先生还与英国剑桥大学Judge商学院的威廉姆.努塔尔博士共同担任设在麻省理工学院的CMI能源安全中心主任。
1988年AGREA创立之初主要从事能源及环境的战略规划，特别是地区能源基础设施。AGREA致力于研究校园内，乃至世界范围内的选择性技术组合的发展将如何影响地区能源基础设施，特别是电力设施的运营成本与废料排放。AGREA所采用方法的基本原则是多重属性权衡分析的框架之下长期规划法的应用。这种方法能自行寻找到在节约成本的基础上，达到成本竞争力与环保双赢局面的途径，同时通过利益相关者的互动与投入促进规划过程中的公众参与。近年来，AGREA在美国、中国、欧洲。拉美等地区广泛运用其权衡分析法。从1988年到1996年，该组织开始关注新英格兰的能源公司、公共设施、环境监管、消费者、环保人士的范围选择性。过度保护、太阳能、风能、电力机车研制、废旧电站再利用、氮氧化物排放标准等都是AGREA的研究课题。他们的方法和技术在大量工程中使用。比较有代表性的是AGS的SESAMS－瑞士案例研究项目以及中国能源技术项目（CETP）。AGREA的多场景方式也是墨西哥城空气质量项目的一个组成部分，该方法监控了所有墨西哥大城市的污染排放，而不是单纯针对电力系统。现期的项目是有关斯堪的纳维亚半岛可持续能源替代问题的TRANSES工程，美国的可再生发电的研究、能源系统动力学以及太阳能与风能的无污染发电系统。新的“未来可持续能源短期解决途径”项目将会由大量的地区研究和数个核心能源提供与消费地区研究计划组成，如可持续机动性、未来能源、给料供应、清洁电力供给以及精明有效利用。
康纳斯先生是前麻省理工学院能源实验室电力设施项目主任，获得马萨诸塞大学阿墨斯特分校双学位（机械工程专业和应用人类学专业），以及麻省理工学院的硕士学位。
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