Richard Strömberg (he/him/his)
Affiliate Researcher
ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ Center for Energy and Power
Email: restromberg@alaska.edu
Expertise
- Climate and Environment
- Energy Efficiency
- Energy Equity and Justice
- Microgrids
- Solar
- Wind
- Photovoltaics Reuse and Circular Economy
- Waste to Energy
BIO
Rich Strömberg has decades of experience in high-volume semiconductor manufacturing at Intel and Texas Instruments and solar and wind energy program management for the state of ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ.
He holds a B.S. in math and computer science, a B.A. in journalism and a master’s degree in environmental management from Western Colorado University. As a Ph.D. student at ÃÛÌÒÓ°Ïñ, he is currently pursuing an interdisciplinary degree in reuse of solar photovoltaic systems for social and ecological benefit.
As a key researcher on both technical and social factors related to reusing solar
equipment, Strömberg is a member of IEC Task 82 on PV reuse best practices and a co-author
of the forthcoming TR 63525 on PV circularity. He collaborates with Battelle Memorial
Institute and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory on the NSF-sponsored and is the vice chair of the Photovoltaic Technical Division at the .
Strömberg lives off-grid in a passive solar and passively cooled house that he designed
and built. He has solar PV modules, a small wind turbine and test arrays to study
the long-term effects of PV module defect modes. He recently completed building the
Solar Reuse Test Lab in southern Colorado.