James Kim

James Kim

Policy Researcher II
(510) 486-5261
eta.lbl.gov/people/James-Kim
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Bio

James Hyungkwan Kim is an Energy Economist titled Energy Policy Project Scientist in the Electricity Markets and Policy Department at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He conducts research on clean energy market policy and the related value and costs of power system technologies to analyze clean energy resources in response to deep decarbonized grid needs. James has published his research in Applied Energy, Energy Research & Social Science, and IEEE among other outlets.

Prior to joining the lab, James worked in the U.S as an energy economist and trader at Tenaska Power Services and an energy policy researcher at Indiana State Utility Forecasting Group. Internationally, James worked in the United Nations Environment Programme in Geneva for Finance Initiative, ASEAN summit focused on energy issues, investment banking for green finance, and management consultancy for sustainable businesses.

James holds a Ph.D in Applied Economics from Purdue University; an M.S in Economics from Brunei University; and a B.A in Computer Science and Industrial Engineering from Yonsei University.

Publications

2023

Rethinking the Role of Financial Transmission Rights in Wind-Rich Electricity Markets in the Central U.S.

Authors: Kim, James Hyungkwan; Mark Bolinger; Andrew D. Mills, and Ryan H. Wiser.
01/2023

Technological diffusion trends suggest a more equitable future for rooftop solar in the United States

Authors: O'Shaughnessy, Eric; James Hyungkwan Kim, and Naïm R. Darghouth.
01/2023

2022

Empirical Estimates of Transmission Value using Locational Marginal Prices

Authors: Millstein, Dev; Ryan H. Wiser; Will Gorman; Seongeun Jeong; James Hyungkwan Kim, and Amos Ancell.
August 2022

Batteries Included: Top 10 Findings from Berkeley Lab Research on the Growth of Hybrid Power Plants in the United States

Authors: Seel, Joachim; Will Gorman; Galen L. Barbose; Mark Bolinger; Cristina Crespo Montañés; Sydney Forrester; James Hyungkwan Kim; Fredrich Kahrl; Andrew D. Mills; Dev Millstein; Bentham Paulos; Joseph Rand; Cody Warner, and Ryan H. Wiser.
04/2022

2021

Project developer options to enhance the value of solar electricity as solar and storage penetrations increase

Authors: Kim, James Hyungkwan; Andrew D. Mills; Ryan H. Wiser; Mark Bolinger; Will Gorman; Cristina Crespo Montañés, and Eric O'Shaughnessy.
12/2021

Keep it short: Exploring the impacts of configuration choices on the recent economics of solar-plus-battery and wind-plus-battery hybrid energy plants

Authors: Montañés, Cristina Crespo; Will Gorman; Andrew D. Mills, and James Hyungkwan Kim.
11/2021

Solar-to-Grid: Trends in System Impacts, Reliability, and Market Value in the United States with Data Through 2020

Authors: Mills, Andrew D.; Joachim Seel; Dev Millstein; James Hyungkwan Kim; Seongeun Jeong; Cody Warner, and Will Gorman.
10/2021

Variable Renewable Energy Participation in U.S. Ancillary Services Markets: Economic Evaluation and Key Issues

Authors: Kahrl, Fredrich; James Hyungkwan Kim; Andrew D. Mills; Ryan H. Wiser; Cristina Crespo Montañés, and Will Gorman.
10/2021

Ensuring the climate benefits of the Montreal Protocol: Global governance architecture for cooling efficiency and alternative refrigerants

Authors: Park, Won Young; Nihar Shah; Edward L. Vine; Patrick Blake; Brian Holuj; James Hyungkwan Kim, and Dae Hoon Kim.
06/2021

Are coupled renewable-battery power plants more valuable than independently sited installations?

Authors: Gorman, Will; Cristina Crespo Montañés; Andrew D. Mills; James Hyungkwan Kim; Dev Millstein, and Ryan H. Wiser.
05/2021

Solar-to-Grid: Trends in System Impacts, Reliability, and Market Value in the United States with Data Through 2019

Authors: Mills, Andrew D.; Joachim Seel; Dev Millstein; James Hyungkwan Kim; Mark Bolinger; Will Gorman; Yuhan Wang; Seongeun Jeong, and Ryan H. Wiser.
02/2021