Dr. Caroline Draxl is a Principal Technical Leader in the Energy Systems and Climate Analysis Group, supporting EPRI’s research and development of climate data and advancing analysis capabilities with a focus on renewable resources. She also contributes to Climate READi.
Prior to joining EPRI, Caroline was a senior scientist at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and oversaw multiple projects spanning from the impact of climate change on power system operations to numerical weather prediction modeling for wind energy applications to marine energy resource assessments. She has led efforts that developed atmospheric datasets for power systems and for assessing the wind resource potential in the United States and various countries. Caroline has been an active member in professional societies such as the International Energy Agency, International Electrotechnical Commission, and the American Wind Energy Association.
Caroline holds a Ph.D. in atmospheric science from the Technical University of Denmark and a Masters in meteorology from the University of Innsbruck, Austria.