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Personal Profile
Andrea Watson oversees all licensing, sponsored research agreements, entrepreneurship programming, strategic partnerships, and innovation management functions at NLR. Her expertise spans strategic planning, partnership development, innovation, change strategies, and decision-making support in energy projects, focusing on affordable and resilient solutions, international development strategies, and energy applications in the mining industry.
Research Interests
- Energy resilience
- Energy systems
- Energy source integration
- Energy investment
Professional Experience
Director, Strategic Partnerships Office, NLR (2022–2024)
Laboratory Program Manager for Strategy, NLR (2020–2023)
Manager, Integrated Decision Support, NLR (2018–2020)
Manager, Strategy and Implementation, NLR (2015–2018)
Project Leader, NLR (2009–2015)
Education/Academic Qualification
Bachelor, Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley
Master, Engineering Management, University of Colorado Boulder
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Transit Bus Electrification Evaluation from GPS Speed Traces
Kotz, A., Miller, E., Watson, A. & Kelly, K., Jun 2020, p. 1069-1074. 6 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review
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Will Solar Panels Help When the Power Goes Out? Planning for PV Resilience
Belding, S., Walker, H. & Watson, A., 2020, 13 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Renewable Energy Data, Analysis, and Decisions Viewed through a Case Study in Bangladesh: Preprint
Watson, A., Jacobson, M. & Cox, S., 2019. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
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Utility-Scale Wind and Solar in Emerging Markets - Private Sector Perspectives
Gokhale-Welch, C. & Watson, A., 2019, 4 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report
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Renewable Energy Data, Analysis, and Decisions: A Guide for Practitioners
Cox, S., Lopez, A., Watson, A., Grue, N. & Leisch, J., 2018, 59 p.Research output: NLR › Technical Report