Stephen Comello is the associate director of the Sustainable Energy Initiative at Stanford Graduate School of Business and a research fellow at the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance. Stephen’s research focuses broadly on energy technology and policy. In particular, by applying tools and methods within finance, economics, systems analysis, and operations research, his research examines the cost competitiveness of low-carbon energy solutions in both developed and emerging economies. His current projects include the economics of renewable energy and energy storage, and the performance of energy financing structures (specifically yieldcos). Further, as staff leader of the Initiative, he works with faculty and practitioners to foster and disseminate new knowledge in the field of sustainable energy.