Faculty Expert Profile
Benjamin Hobbs
- Theodore M. and Kay W. Schad Professor of Environmental Management
Affiliations
- Whiting School of Engineering
- Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute
Languages spoken
- English
Benjamin Hobbs researches economics to improve electric utility planning, operations and policy. Hobbs studies green infrastructure, energy transitions, wind turbines and environmental and water resources management. He is co-director of the Yale-JHU Solutions for Energy, Air, Climate, and Health (SEARCH) Center, an interdisciplinary team that studies how power generation, climate change and public policy interact to affect air quality.
Hobbs is on the editorial boards of several journals, such as Energy Economics, Journal of Energy Markets, EURO Journal on Decision Processes, Economics of Energy & Environmental Policy and Competition and Regulation in Network Industries.