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
Faculty Network Member of The Energy Initiative, Nicholas Institute-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
Dalia Patino-Echeverri Lab Site
GRACE Project

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University 2006
Duke Appointment History
- Assistant Professor in the Division of Earth and Ocean Sciences, Earth and Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of the Environment 2016 - 2021
- 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 Climate 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
- NOV 30, 2020 Nicholas Magazine
  
  A Fertile Year of Environmental Research & Learning at the Nicholas School
- MAY 14, 2020 Nicholas School of the Environment
  
  $2.4 Million Grant Will Fund Research to Optimize Clean Electricity Production
- 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
- A Grid that's Risk-Aware for Clean Electricity - GRACE awarded by Department of Energy 2020 - 2023
- DMUU: Center on Climate Decision Making awarded by Carnegie Mellon University 2010 - 2020
- The Impact of Advanced Power Generation Systems, Coal Upgrading Technologies and Carbon Dioxide Capture and Reuse on Life Cycle GHG Emissions of Wyoming PRB Coal Exports to Asia awarded by Western Research Institute 2015
- Additional Training Workshops and Risk Labs awarded by National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners 2014
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Kustar, A., and D. Patino-Echeverri. “A review of environmental life cycle assessments of diets: Plant-based solutions are truly sustainable, even in the form of fast foods.” Sustainability (Switzerland) 13, no. 17 (September 1, 2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/su13179926.
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  - DeCarolis, J. F., P. Jaramillo, J. X. Johnson, D. L. McCollum, E. Trutnevyte, D. C. Daniels, G. Akın-Olçum, et al. “Erratum: Leveraging Open-Source Tools for Collaborative Macro-energy System Modeling Efforts (Joule (2020) 4(12) (2523–2526), (S2542435120305109), (10.1016/j.joule.2020.11.002)).” Joule 5, no. 2 (February 17, 2021): 507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2021.01.004.
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  - Virguez, E., X. Wang, and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “Utility-scale photovoltaics and storage: Decarbonizing and reducing greenhouse gases abatement costs.” Applied Energy 282 (January 15, 2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2020.116120.
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  - Yang, M., Y. Yuan, F. Yang, and D. Patino-Echeverri. “Effects of environmental regulation on firm entry and exit and China’s industrial productivity: a new perspective on the Porter Hypothesis.” Environmental Economics and Policy Studies, January 1, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10018-021-00310-0.
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  - DeCarolis, J. F., P. Jaramillo, J. X. Johnson, D. L. McCollum, E. Trutnevyte, D. C. Daniels, G. Akın-Olçum, et al. “Leveraging Open-Source Tools for Collaborative Macro-energy System Modeling Efforts.” Joule 4, no. 12 (December 16, 2020): 2523–26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2020.11.002.
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  - Wang, X., E. Virguez, W. Xiao, Y. Mei, D. Patiño-Echeverri, and H. Wang. “Clustering and dispatching hydro, wind, and photovoltaic power resources with multiobjective optimization of power generation fluctuations: A case study in southwestern China.” Energy 189 (December 15, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2019.116250.
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  - Kondash, A. J., D. Patino-Echeverri, and A. Vengosh. “Quantification of the water-use reduction associated with the transition from coal to natural gas in the US electricity sector.” Environmental Research Letters 14, no. 12 (December 4, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab4d71.
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  - Bicalho, T., I. Sauer, and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “Quality of data for estimating GHG emissions in biofuel regulations is unknown: A review of default values related to sugarcane and corn ethanol.” Journal of Cleaner Production 239 (December 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117903.
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  - Alqahtani, B. J., and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “Combined effects of policies to increase energy efficiency and distributed solar generation: A case study of the Carolinas.” Energy Policy 134 (November 1, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.110936.
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  - Wang, X., E. Virguez, J. Kern, L. Chen, Y. Mei, D. Patiño-Echeverri, and H. Wang. “Integrating wind, photovoltaic, and large hydropower during the reservoir refilling period.” Energy Conversion and Management 198 (October 15, 2019). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enconman.2019.111778.
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  - Daraeepour, A., D. Patino-Echeverri, and A. J. Conejo. “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): 336–54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2019.01.015.
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  - Li, M., R. Shan, M. Hernandez, V. Mallampalli, and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “Effects of population, urbanization, household size, and income on electric appliance adoption in the Chinese residential sector towards 2050.” Applied Energy 236 (February 15, 2019): 293–306. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2018.11.088.
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  - Li, M., D. Patiño-Echeverri, and J. Zhang. “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 125 (February 1, 2019): 429–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2018.10.008.
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  - Camilleri, A. R., R. P. Larrick, S. Hossain, and D. Patino-Echeverri. “Consumers underestimate the emissions associated with food but are aided by labels.” Nature Climate Change 9, no. 1 (January 1, 2019): 53–58. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0354-z.
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  - Camilleri, Adrian, Richard P. Larrick, Shajuti Hossain, and Dalia Echeverri. “Consumers Underestimate the Emissions Associated with Food but are Aided by Labels,” January 1, 2019.
  - Cornelius, A., R. Bandyopadhyay, and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “Assessing environmental, economic, and reliability impacts of flexible ramp products in MISO's electricity market.” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 81 (January 1, 2018): 2291–98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2017.06.037.
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  - Li, M., and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “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): 222–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2017.09.011.
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  - Righetti, Tara Kathleen, Robert Godby, Dalia Patino Echeverri, Temple Stoellinger, and Kipp Andrew Coddington. “The Role of Energy Models: Characterizing the Uncertainty of the Future Electricity System to Design More Efficient and Effective Laws and Regulations,” May 1, 2017.
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  - Daraeepour, A., S. J. Kazempour, D. Patiño-Echeverri, and A. J. Conejo. “Strategic demand-side response to wind power integration.” Ieee Transactions on Power Systems 31, no. 5 (September 1, 2016): 3495–3505. https://doi.org/10.1109/TPWRS.2015.2493984.
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  - Alqahtani, B. J., and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Plants: Paving the way for thermal solar.” Applied Energy 169 (May 1, 2016): 927–36. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.02.083.
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  - Yu, Mengjun, Erika Weinthal, Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, Marc A. Deshusses, Caineng Zou, Yunyan Ni, and Avner Vengosh. “Water Availability for Shale Gas Development in Sichuan Basin, China.” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 6 (March 2016): 2837–45. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04669.
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  - Alqahtani, Bandar Jubran, Kyra Moore Holt, Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, and Lincoln Pratson. “Residential Solar PV Systems in the Carolinas: Opportunities and Outcomes.” Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 4 (February 2016): 2082–91. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5b04857.
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  - Bandyopadhyay, R., and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “An alternate wind power integration mechanism: Coal plants with flexible amine-based CCS.” Renewable Energy 85 (January 1, 2016): 704–13. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2015.07.025.
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  - Yang, M., D. Patiño-Echeverri, F. Yang, and E. Williams. “Industrial energy efficiency in China: Achievements, challenges and opportunities.” Energy Strategy Reviews 6 (January 1, 2015): 20–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esr.2014.11.007.
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  - Bohnengel, Barrett, Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, and Joule Bergerson. “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): 14051–52. https://doi.org/10.1021/es504967b.
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  - Bohnengel, Barrett, Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, and Joule Bergerson. “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): 14055–56. https://doi.org/10.1021/es5049682.
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  - Bohnengel, Barrett, Dalia Patiño-Echeverri, and Joule Bergerson. “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): 9908–16. https://doi.org/10.1021/es5015828.
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  - Kern, Jordan D., Dalia Patino-Echeverri, and Gregory W. Characklis. “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): 9844–51. https://doi.org/10.1021/es405437h.
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  - Bradbury, K., L. Pratson, and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “Economic viability of energy storage systems based on price arbitrage potential in real-time U.S. electricity markets.” Applied Energy 114 (January 1, 2014): 512–19. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.10.010.
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  - Daraeepour, A., and D. P. Echeverri. “Day-ahead wind speed prediction by a Neural Network-based model.” 2014 Ieee Pes Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference, Isgt 2014, January 1, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1109/ISGT.2014.6816441.
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  - Kern, J. D., D. Patino-Echeverri, and G. W. Characklis. “An integrated reservoir-power system model for evaluating the impacts of wind integration on hydropower resources.” Renewable Energy 71 (January 1, 2014): 553–62. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2014.06.014.
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  - 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.
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  - Patino-Echeverri, D., D. Burtraw, and K. Palmer. “Flexible mandates for investment in new technology.” Journal of Regulatory Economics 44, no. 2 (October 1, 2013): 121–55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11149-013-9220-0.
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  - Pratson, Lincoln F., Drew Haerer, and Dalia Patiño-Echeverri. “Fuel prices, emission standards, and generation costs for coal vs natural gas power plants.” Environmental Science & Technology 47, no. 9 (May 2013): 4926–33. https://doi.org/10.1021/es4001642.
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  - Bandyopadhyay, R., and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “Optimal size and joint operation of wind power and CCS coal plant with amine storage.” Iie Annual Conference and Expo 2013, January 1, 2013, 367–76.
  - Patino-Echeverri, D., and D. C. Hoppock. “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): 410–18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijggc.2012.04.013.
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  - Yang, M., D. Patiño-Echeverri, and F. Yang. “Wind power generation in China: Understanding the mismatch between capacity and generation.” Renewable Energy 41 (May 1, 2012): 145–51. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.renene.2011.10.013.
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  - Patiño-Echeverri, Dalia, and David C. Hoppock. “Reducing the energy penalty costs of postcombustion CCS systems with amine-storage.” Environmental Science & Technology 46, no. 2 (January 3, 2012): 1243–52. https://doi.org/10.1021/es202164h.
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  - Chung, Timothy S., Dalia Patino-Echeverri, and Timothy L. Johnson. “Expert assessments of retrofitting coal-fired power plants with carbon dioxide capture technologies.” Energy Policy 39 (June 2011): 5609–20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2011.04.038.
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  - Hoppock, David C., and Dalia Patiño-Echeverri. “Cost of wind energy: comparing distant wind resources to local resources in the midwestern United States.” Environmental Science & Technology 44, no. 22 (November 2010): 8758–65. https://doi.org/10.1021/es100751p.
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  - Vaccaro, A., and D. P. Echeverri. “Corporate transparency and green management.” Journal of Business Ethics 95, no. 3 (February 5, 2010): 487–506. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-010-0435-z.
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  - DeKay, M. L., D. Patiño-Echeverri, and P. S. Fischbeck. “Distortion of probability and outcome information in risky decisions.” Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 109, no. 1 (May 1, 2009): 79–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2008.12.001.
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  - Patiño-Echeverri, Dalia, Paul Fischbeck, and Elmar Kriegler. “Economic and environmental costs of regulatory uncertainty for coal-fired power plants.” Environmental Science & Technology 43, no. 3 (February 2009): 578–84. https://doi.org/10.1021/es800094h.
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  - Dekay, M. L., D. Patiño-Echeverri, and P. S. Fischbeck. “Better safe than sorry: Precautionary reasoning and implied dominance in risky decisions.” Journal of Behavioral Decision Making 22, no. 3 (January 1, 2009): 338–61. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.630.
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  - Patiño-Echeverri, Dalia, Benoit Morel, Jay Apt, and Chao Chen. “Should a coal-fired power plant be replaced or retrofitted?” Environmental Science & Technology 41, no. 23 (December 2007): 7980–86. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0711009.
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  - Patiño Echeverri, D., B. Morel, J. Apt, and C. Chen. “Should a coal-fired power plant be replaced or retrofitted?” Environmental Science and Technology 41, no. 23 (2007): 980–7986.
- Conference Papers
  - Hernandez, M. H., and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “Classifying Residential Electricity Demand in Mexico using Random Forest and Multinomial Logistic Regression.” In 2019 Fise Ieee/Cigre Conference Living the Energy Transition, Fise/Cigre 2019, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/FISECIGRE48012.2019.8984953.
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  - Virguez, E., and D. Patino-Echeverri. “Abating carbon emissions by means of utility-scale photovoltaics and storage: The Duke Energy Progress/Carolinas case study.” In 2019 Fise Ieee/Cigre Conference Living the Energy Transition, Fise/Cigre 2019, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/FISECIGRE48012.2019.8985012.
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  - Denaxas, E. A., R. Bandyopadhyay, D. Patino-Echeverri, and N. Pitsiañis. “SynTiSe: A modified multi-regime MCMC approach for generation of wind power synthetic time series.” In 9th Annual Ieee International Systems Conference, Syscon 2015 Proceedings, 668–74, 2015. https://doi.org/10.1109/SYSCON.2015.7116827.
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  - Bandyopadhyay, R., and D. Patiño-Echeverri. “Alternative energy storage for wind power: Coal plants with amine-based CCS.” In Energy Procedia, 63:7337–48, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2014.11.770.
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