Dr. William R. Morrow, III
Senior Consultant
Bill has five years performing renewable energy technology and policy analysis in pursuit of his Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and as a post doctoral research fellow with the United States Department of Energy at the National Energy Technology Laboratory. Bill’s research has focused on economic and infrastructure modeling for both biomass and corn-based ethanol production and distribution as an alternative to petroleum fuels for the U.S. light duty transportation fleet. Bill’s research of biomass and coal cofiring in existing coal-fired power plants as a carbon mitigation option includes developing large-scale linear programming optimization models for determining cost effective biomass-to-power plant allocations, considering existing power plant performance, retrofitting capital costs, operations and maintenance costs, co-beneficial SO2 and NOx effects and biomass availability and transportation. Bill has worked with U.S. Department of Energy economists to develop long-term forecasts of biomass’s ability to affect fossil energy consumption and environmental emissions including CO2. Bill is interested in creating the solutions for challenges confronting existing energy markets, such as resource availability and environmental impacts, and looks forward to helping create future policies that embrace technological advancements and environmental stewardship. Prior to returning to graduate school, Bill served eight years as a mechanical engineering consultant, designing and constructing large industrial facilities such as power plants, chemical plants and paper mills. Bill graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1993 and earned a Professional Engineering License in Mechanical Engineering, Thermal Fluid Systems, in 2001.