Anna Broughel

About

Dr. Anna Broughel (pronounced BROW-el) teaches energy and climate policy, economics, systems analysis, and digitalization at SAIS, where she served as Technology and Innovation Focus Area Co-Lead in 2023-2024. Her work bridges the theoretical and practical: she serves on the supervisory board of Eesti Energia, Estonia's state-owned utility and largest company, and has held leadership roles at the U.S. Association for Energy Economics since 2020.

Dr. Broughel has worked across federal, state, and private and NGO sectors on energy transitions. She has consulted with Tetra Tech on energy and environmental questions for government and private clients, and previously served as a science and technology fellow at the U.S. Department of Energy's solar office, where she co-managed a behavioral research portfolio. She co-founded a summer school in digitalization and sustainability during COVID and developed a nanodegree in AI at Estonian Business School.

Her research appears in leading energy economics journals, and she contributes analysis to Forbes and The National Interest. She holds a PhD in economics and policy from SUNY-ESF/Syracuse University (as a Fulbright scholar) and completed postdoctoral work at the University of St. Gallen and University of Maryland.

Davis, T., Broughel, A, Wang, Q (2025). “Full of Hot Air: Home-Owner Preferences for Energy-Efficient Heat Pump Financing in Three Southern States.” Energy and Buildings, 345, 116054.
Khalil, S. B., Broughel, A., (2025). “Stainless Success, Battery Lag: Evaluation of Indonesia’s Resource Nationalism in Nickel”. The Extractive Industries and Society. 23, 101677.
Martin, M, Broughel, A., (2025). “Just Energy Transition: Navigating Poland’s Transition Away from Coal Mining”. Progress in Energy, 7(2), 023001.
Cranmer, A., Broughel, A., Ericson J. D., (2023). “Getting to 30 GW by 2030: Visual preferences of coastal residents for offshore wind farms on the US East Coast”. Energy Policy, 173, 113366.
Cranmer, A., Ericson J. D., Broughel, A. Dharni, K. (2022). “Immersion matters: The Medium is the Message for Wind Energy”. Journal of Cleaner Production, 378, 134498.
Vuichard, P, Broughel, A., Tabi, A., Wustenhagen, R. (2022). “Keep it Local and Bird-Friendly: Social Acceptance of Wind Energy in Switzerland, Estonia and Ukraine – A Cross-Country Analysis based on Choice Experiments”. Energy Research & Social Science, 88, 102508.
Cranmer, A., Ericson, J., Broughel, AE, and Bernard, B. (2020). “Worth a thousand words: Presenting wind turbines in virtual reality reveals new opportunities for social acceptance and visualization research”. Energy Research & Social Science, 67, 101507.
Mignon, I., and Broughel, AE. (2020). “What interests do intermediaries prioritize during wind- and solar project development?” Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, 36, 393-405.
Broughel, AE. (2019). “On the ground in sunny Mexico: A case study of consumer perceptions and willingness to pay for solar-powered devices”. World Development Perspectives, 15, 100-130.
Broughel, AE. (2018). “Impact of state policies on generating capacity for production of electricity and combined heat and power from forest biomass in the United States”. Renewable Energy, 134, 1163-1172.
Ebers Broughel, A., Hampl, N. (2018). “Community financing of renewable energy projects in Austria and Switzerland: profiles of potential investors”. Energy Policy, 123, 722-736.
Ebers, A., Malmsheimer, R., Volk, T., Newman, D.H., (2016). “Inventory and classification of federal and state forest biomass electricity and heat policies in the US”. Biomass and Bioenergy, 84, 67-75.