How to Decarbonize the Energy Sector: Real-World Implications in Power and Transportation

James Koehler is a Boston-based renewable energy industry professional with fifteen years of experience. He has served as Chief Strategist for a venture capital-backed solar and storage developer, building the company from 50-200 employees and expanding into new markets across the US. He started as an oil and gas analyst who transitioned to cleantech to help build a renewable energy economy. He is a partner at Daymark Energy Advisors and has taught graduate courses on decarbonizing the energy sector at Georgetown University and Boston University's Questrom School of Business. Koehler began his career as a senior advisor in the US Senate and to former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. He then embarked on a career in finance and economics as an energy sector analyst on Wall Street, where he led research and advisory teams focused on utilities, cleantech, exploration and production (e&p), and transportation. He has served a one-year term as president of the US Association for Energy Economics (DC Chapter) and spoken at dozens of public forums in the US and abroad on the opportunities and challenges in combating climate change and integrating clean energy alternatives into a traditional system of production, delivery, and consumption. Koehler is a graduate of Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and Boston College. In his spare time, he's an avid fly fisherman.