Dr. Willett Kempton is a professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment, and in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the University of Delaware. He is the co-founder and Associate Director of the Center for Research in Wind. He is an Affiliated Professor at the Danish Technical University. Dr. Kempton directs about 10 professional researchers and graduate students in research on clean energy technologies. He lectures widely and publishes scientific and technical articles on offshore wind power, electric transportation, and energy analysis. Kempton created the concept of using electric vehicles to provide grid services, and has been awarded four patents for technologies integrating electric vehicles with the power grid. He is currently investigating the relationship between mental models and behavior regarding electric vehicle charging, based on interviews in Sweden and the US. He has also led ground-breaking analysis and policy recommendations on the cost of offshore wind power and on new deployment methods for offshore wind turbines.
Willett Kempton PhD
Professor, College of Earth, Ocean, and Environment
Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Delaware
Areas of Expertise
Publications
All those on prior linked web site. Add:
2015 “Undergraduate Understanding of Climate Change: The Influences of College Major and Environmental Group Membership on Survey Knowledge Scores.” (Johanna Huxster, Ximena Uribe-Zarain, and Kempton). Journal of Environmental Education, Volume: 46(3): 149-165. DOI: 10.1080/00958964.2015.1021661. Read more at: http://phys.org/news/2015-07-undergraduate-misconceptions-climate.html#jCp 2018
Firestone, Jeremy, Willett Kempton, Meredith Blaydes Lilley, and Kateryna Samoteskul, Public acceptance of offshore wind power across regions and through time, 2012, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 55:10, 1369-1386. Published doi:10.1080/09640568.2012.682782.
Firestone, Jeremy, Willett Kempton, Meredith Blaydes Lilley & Kateryna Samoteskul (2012): Public acceptance of offshore wind power: does perceived fairness of process matter?, Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 55:10, 1387-1402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09640568.2012.688658.
Kempton, W., J. Firestone, J. Lilley, T. Rouleau and P. Whitaker, 2005, The Offshore Wind Power Debate: Views from Cape Cod, Coastal Management 33 (2): 119-149. Published doi:10.1080/08920750590917530,
Thomson, Heather; Willett Kempton, “Perceptions and attitudes of residents living near a wind turbine compared with those living near a coal power plant” Renewable Energy 123: 301-311. DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2017.10.036