Dalia Patino-Echeverri | Scholars@Duke

Dalia Patino-Echeverri
Gendell Family Associate Professor

Dr. Patino-Echeverri’s research focuses on public policy design for energy systems, with a particular emphasis on managing the risks arising from the uncertainties influencing the outcomes of government actions. Much of her current work focuses on the policies that affect capital investment decisions within the electricity industry, and the corresponding costs to society of electricity and air-emissions levels. Her models explore the effects of different government policies by representing the industry’s decisions under uncertainty on future technological advancements, fuel prices, and emissions regulations.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Gendell Family Associate Professor, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2017
Associate Professor of Energy Systems and Public Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2017
Assistant Professor in the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2016
Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative, Duke University Energy Initiative, Initiatives 2012
Affiliate of the Duke Initiative for Science & Society, Duke Science & Society, Initiatives 2014

Contact Information

9 Circuit Drive, Env Hall 3118, Durham, NC 27708
Box 90328, Durham, NC 27708-0328
dalia.patino@duke.edu (919) 358-0858

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University 2006
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor of Energy Systems and Public Policy in the Division of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2013 - 2016
- Assistant Professor, Earth and Ocean Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2012 - 2015
- Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University 2012
- Assistant Professor of Environmental Sciences and Policy, Environmental Sciences and Policy, Nicholas School of the Environment 2008 - 2011
Recognition
In the News
- JAN 8, 2019 Bass Connections
  
  How Our Food Choices Impact the Environment
- APR 28, 2017
  
  Energy Initiative Awards Seven New Seed Grants
- AUG 22, 2014 Bloomberg Businessweek
  
  How the U.S. and Korea could work together to reduce carbon emissions
- AUG 19, 2014
  
  Exporting Coal to Asia Could Slash Emissions
- APR 16, 2014
  
  Energy Initiative Provides First Round of Research Seed Funding
- MAR 18, 2014 Los Angeles Times
  
  In Mississippi, a power plant is designed to shape the future of coal
Expertise
Global Scholarship
- Research
  - United States of America (Country)
Research
Selected Grants
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Daraeepour, A, Patino-Echeverri, D, and Conejo, AJ. "Economic and environmental implications of different approaches to hedge against wind production uncertainty in two-settlement electricity markets: A PJM case study." Energy Economics 80 (May 1, 2019): 336-354. Full Text
  - Li, M, Patiño-Echeverri, D, and Zhang, J. "Policies to promote energy efficiency and air emissions reductions in China's electric power generation sector during the 11th and 12th five-year plan periods: Achievements, remaining challenges, and opportunities." Energy Policy (February 1, 2019): 429-444. Full Text
  - Camilleri, AR, Larrick, RP, Hossain, S, and Patino-Echeverri, D. "Consumers underestimate the emissions associated with food but are aided by labels." Nature Climate Change 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 53-58. Full Text
  - Cornelius, A, Bandyopadhyay, R, and Patiño-Echeverri, D. "Assessing environmental, economic, and reliability impacts of flexible ramp products in MISO's electricity market." Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 81 (January 1, 2018): 2291-2298. (Review) Full Text
  - Li, M, and Patiño-Echeverri, D. "Estimating benefits and costs of policies proposed in the 13th FYP to improve energy efficiency and reduce air emissions of China's electric power sector." Energy Policy 111 (December 1, 2017): 222-234. Full Text
  - Daraeepour, A, Kazempour, SJ, Patiño-Echeverri, D, and Conejo, AJ. "Strategic demand-side response to wind power integration." Ieee Transactions on Power Systems 31, no. 5 (September 1, 2016): 3495-3505. Full Text
  - Alqahtani, BJ, and Patiño-Echeverri, D. "Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Plants: Paving the way for thermal solar." Applied Energy 169 (May 1, 2016): 927-936. Full Text
  - Yu, M, Weinthal, E, Patiño-Echeverri, D, Deshusses, MA, Zou, C, Ni, Y, and Vengosh, A. "Water Availability for Shale Gas Development in Sichuan Basin, China." Environmental science & technology 50, no. 6 (March 2016): 2837-2845. Full Text
  - Alqahtani, BJ, Holt, KM, Patiño-Echeverri, D, and Pratson, L. "Residential Solar PV Systems in the Carolinas: Opportunities and Outcomes." Environmental science & technology 50, no. 4 (February 2016): 2082-2091. Full Text
  - Bandyopadhyay, R, and Patiño-Echeverri, D. "An alternate wind power integration mechanism: Coal plants with flexible amine-based CCS." Renewable Energy 85 (January 1, 2016): 704-713. Full Text
  - Yang, M, Patiño-Echeverri, D, Yang, F, and Williams, E. "Industrial energy efficiency in China: Achievements, challenges and opportunities." Energy Strategy Reviews 6 (January 1, 2015): 20-29. (Review) Full Text
  - Bohnengel, B, Patiño-Echeverri, D, and Bergerson, J. "Response to comment on “Environmental implications of united states coal exports: a comparative life cycle assessment of future power system scenarios”." Environmental science & technology 48, no. 23 (December 2014): 14051-14052. (Letter) Full Text
  - Bohnengel, B, Patiño-Echeverri, D, and Bergerson, J. "Response to comment on "Environmental implications of United States coal exports: a comparative life cycle assessment of future power system scenarios"." Environmental science & technology 48, no. 23 (December 2014): 14055-14056. (Letter) Full Text
  - Bohnengel, B, Patiño-Echeverri, D, and Bergerson, J. "Environmental implications of United States coal exports: a comparative life cycle assessment of future power system scenarios." Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 16 (August 2014): 9908-9916. Full Text
  - Kern, JD, Patino-Echeverri, D, and Characklis, GW. "The impacts of wind power integration on sub-daily variation in river flows downstream of hydroelectric dams." Environmental Science & Technology 48, no. 16 (August 2014): 9844-9851. Full Text
  - Bradbury, K, Pratson, L, and Patiño-Echeverri, D. "Economic viability of energy storage systems based on price arbitrage potential in real-time U.S. electricity markets." Applied Energy 114 (January 1, 2014): 512-519. Full Text
  - Daraeepour, A, and Echeverri, DP. "Day-ahead wind speed prediction by a Neural Network-based model." 2014 Ieee Pes Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, Isgt 2014 (January 1, 2014). Full Text
  - Kern, JD, Patino-Echeverri, D, and Characklis, GW. "An integrated reservoir-power system model for evaluating the impacts of wind integration on hydropower resources." Renewable Energy 71 (January 1, 2014): 553-562. Full Text
  - Patino-Echeverri, D. "Feasibility of flexible technology standards for existing coal-fired power plants and their implications for new technology development." Ucla Law Review 61, no. 6 (January 1, 2014): 1896-1928. (Review) Open Access Copy
  - Patino-Echeverri, D, Burtraw, D, and Palmer, K. "Flexible mandates for investment in new technology." Journal of Regulatory Economics 44, no. 2 (October 1, 2013): 121-155. Full Text
  - Pratson, LF, Haerer, D, and Patiño-Echeverri, D. "Fuel prices, emission standards, and generation costs for coal vs natural gas power plants." Environ Sci Technol 47, no. 9 (May 7, 2013): 4926-4933. Full Text Link to Item
  - Bandyopadhyay, R, and Patiño-Echeverri, D. "Optimal size and joint operation of wind power and CCS coal plant with amine storage." Iie Annual Conference and Expo 2013 (January 1, 2013): 367-376.
  - Patino-Echeverri, D, Burtraw, D, and Palmer, K. "Flexible mandates for investment in new technology." Journal of Regulatory Economics 44, no. 2 (2013): 121-155. Full Text
  - Patino-Echeverri, D, and Hoppock, DC. "Reducing the average cost of CO 2 capture by shutting-down the capture plant at times of high electricity prices." International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control 9 (July 1, 2012): 410-418. Full Text
  - Yang, M, Patiño-Echeverri, D, and Yang, F. "Wind power generation in China: Understanding the mismatch between capacity and generation." Renewable Energy 41 (May 1, 2012): 145-151. Full Text
  - Patiño-Echeverri, D, and Hoppock, DC. "Reducing the energy penalty costs of postcombustion CCS systems with amine-storage." Environ Sci Technol 46, no. 2 (January 17, 2012): 1243-1252. Full Text Link to Item
  - Chung, TS, Patino-Echeverri, D, and Johnson, TL. "Expert assessments of retrofitting coal-fired power plants with carbon dioxide capture technologies." Energy Policy 39 (June 2011): 5609-5620. (Academic Article) Full Text Link to Item
  - Hoppock, DC, and Patiño-Echeverri, D. "Cost of wind energy: comparing distant wind resources to local resources in the midwestern United States." Environ Sci Technol 44, no. 22 (November 15, 2010): 8758-8765. Full Text Open Access Copy Link to Item
  - Vaccaro, A, and Echeverri, DP. "Corporate transparency and green management." Journal of Business Ethics 95, no. 3 (February 5, 2010): 487-506. Full Text
  - DeKay, ML, Patiño-Echeverri, D, and Fischbeck, PS. "Distortion of probability and outcome information in risky decisions." Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 109, no. 1 (May 1, 2009): 79-92. Full Text
  - Patiño-Echeverri, D, Fischbeck, P, and Kriegler, E. "Economic and environmental costs of regulatory uncertainty for coal-fired power plants." Environ Sci Technol 43, no. 3 (February 1, 2009): 578-584. Link to Item
  - Dekay, ML, Patiño-Echeverri, D, and Fischbeck, PS. "Better safe than sorry: Precautionary reasoning and implied dominance in risky decisions." Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 22, no. 3 (January 1, 2009): 338-361. Full Text
  - Patiño-Echeverri, D, Morel, B, Apt, J, and Chen, C. "Should a coal-fired power plant be replaced or retrofitted?." Environ Sci Technol 41, no. 23 (December 1, 2007): 7980-7986. Link to Item
  - Patiño Echeverri, D, Morel, B, Apt, J, and Chen, C. "Should a coal-fired power plant be replaced or retrofitted?." Environmental Science and Technology 41, no. 23 (2007): 980-7986. (Academic Article)
- Conference Papers
  - Denaxas, EA, Bandyopadhyay, R, Patino-Echeverri, D, and Pitsiañis, N. "SynTiSe: A modified multi-regime MCMC approach for generation of wind power synthetic time series." January 1, 2015. Full Text
  - Bandyopadhyay, R, and Patiño-Echeverri, D. "Alternative energy storage for wind power: Coal plants with amine-based CCS." January 1, 2014. Full Text
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