Jun 9 2006
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has honored布鲁克黑文国家实验室scientist Vasilis Fthenakis with a Certificate of Appreciation “for superior technical, management and communications skills exhibited in photovoltaic environmental research and in effective dissemination of research results.”
An expert in chemical environmental and safety assessment, Fthenakis heads the National Photovoltaic Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S) Research Center operated at Brookhaven under the auspices of DOE. Photovoltaics are devices that convert solar energy to electricity. The center fosters the safe and environmentally friendly operation of photovoltaic facilities and products.
Fthenakis说：“我很满意地认可和赞赏光伏行业的环境，健康和安全需求。尽管光伏现在仅提供了当今美国电力需求的百分之一，但该技术势必会成为未来的主要能源。光伏电池和模块的效率以及生产它们的成本不断提高，作为能源效率和可再生能源办公室的研发支持的直接影响，最近宣布的美国太阳能计划应加速这些改进。”
与传统电力技术相比，光伏具有许多环境优势；但是，制造太阳能电池需要使用某些有毒和易燃物质。Fthenakis及其同伙有助于最大程度地降低风险，同时确保经济可行性和公众对光伏行业的支持。
Fthenakis是希腊人，获得了雅典大学的化学学士学位，哥伦比亚大学的化学工程硕士学位和博士学位。纽约大学流体动力学和大气科学专业。欧洲杯线上买球Fthenakis joined Brookhaven as a research engineer in 1980 and has served as head of the National Photovoltaic Environmental, Health and Safety Research Center since 2002. The center is cited in the annual report of DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies Program as “the world’s best source on PV-EHS, providing accurate information related to EHS issues and perceptions.”
Fthenakis经常受邀进行演讲并参加欧洲和日本的专家研讨会。除其他事项外，他的研究和演讲影响了德国环境部（BMU）的最新决定，批准了一家美国公司在德国批准新的100兆瓦/年CDTE PV制造工厂，该公司获得了4700万欧元的补贴来自欧盟。
Fthenakis’ publications include coauthoring the book Prevention and Control of Accidental Releases of Gases and over 200 scientific papers and reports. He is a Fellow of both the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the International Energy Foundation. While maintaining his position at Brookhaven, Fthenakis recently established and became the first Director of a new Center for Life Cycle at Columbia University. The new center will capitalize on synergies between the Energy Sciences Department at Brookhaven and the Earth and Environmental Engineering Department at Columbia. He has also served as a safety and environmental consultant for major oil and chemical companies in the U.S. and as an expert witness on major chemical incidents in the U.S.
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