Genevra Harker-Klimeš

Workshop: Implementing the Roadmap: Building A Sustainable Domestic Supply Chain to Meet 30 GWs and Beyond

Dr Genevra Harker-Klimeš is a Senior Advisor to the US Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Energy Technologies Office (WETO). She is an experienced leader with scientific, and international policy and law expertise, focusing on strategic offshore energy development and environmental sustainability. In 2015, she joined the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to lead an initiative supporting the development of marine environmental monitoring technologies. She subsequently became Director of the Coastal Sciences Division and the Marine and Coastal Research Laboratory, from 2019 to 2022, leaving to become an independent advisor to DOE. Before moving to the United States, she led her own energy and environmental consultancy in Europe for 13 years, having previously worked offshore for an oceanographic survey company. She has a Doctorate in physical oceanography from Bangor University, Wales, and a Master of Laws in Energy Law and Policy from the University of Dundee, Scotland.