Amy Myers Jaffe is director of the Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab and a research professor at New York University’s School of Professional Studies. She is cochair of the Women in Energy Initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University and a nonresident senior fellow at the Climate Policy Lab at Tufts University. She is coauthor of Oil, Dollars, Debt, and Crises: The Global Curse of Black Gold (2009) and coeditor of Natural Gas and Geopolitics: From 1970 to 2040 (2006), among other books.
This important book explores how mastering digital technology will shape energy systems that are clean, resilient and spur growth and explains how digitalization is transforming geopolitics as, in one generation, power shifts from those with fossil fuel reserves to those with innovation capacity and access to digital technologies. -- Rachel Kyte, Dean of the Fletcher School and former special envoy for climate change at the United Nations Amy Myers Jaffe has long been a sage and articulate voice on global energy matters. Energy's Digital Future takes a hard and candid look at the future of America's energy patch and how it can be shaped to help maintain America's influence on the world stage. -- James A. Baker, III, 61st U.S. Secretary of State Energy's Digital Future is a wake-up call and urgent warning not only to the U.S. government, but to investors worldwide. Amy Jaffe, whom I have often turned to for advice on energy investing, presents a well-balanced, research-backed analysis that points to the need to embrace the digital revolution in energy technologies. The transition to clean energy is already well underway and scholarship such as that presented here, should be essential reading for all who care about the existential threat posed by continued reliance on powering our world through fossil fuels. -- Jagdeep Singh Bachher, chief investment officer of the University of California A fascinating and deeply important work on how the digital revolution is remaking the global energy system and geopolitics. A must read for policy makers, business leaders and students of international relations. -- Helima Croft, managing director and global head of commodity strategy at RBC Capital Markets and CNBC contributor Energy's Digital Future provides valuable insights into the role technology will play in a successful energy transition. This book has timely and compelling insights informing the transformations we can and need to make. -- Alexander Karsner, Senior Strategist and Space Cowboy, Google X A knowledgeable, hard-nosed look at a post-oil future. * Kirkus Reviews *