• Energy policy
• Biofuel technologies
• Forest products
• International policy
• Life cycle analysis

Affiliations

• Canada Research Chair, Renewable Energy Development and Implementation
• Executive Director, Queen's Institute for Energy and Environmental Policy
• Associate Professor, Queen's University
• Associate Task Leader, International Energy Agency Bioenergy Task 39 - Liquid Biofuels

Past Projects

• Low Carbon Biofuel Pathways to 2030
• Renewable Natural Gas (Biomethane) Regulations
• Biojet Fuel Feedstocks and Production in Canada
• Biomass Use in Canada's Oil Sands
• Labrador Bioenergy Opportunity Assessment
• Due Diligence on Biomass CHP and Wood Pellet Plant Development
• Canadian Bioheat Database
• Small-Scale Biomass CHP Technology Commercialization in Canada
• Roadmap for Biomass Industry Development in the Blue Sky Region of Ontario
• Biomass Materials Switching for Meaningful Greenhouse Gas Reductions in Alberta
• Assessing the Technical and Economic Prospects of Bioethylene

Selected Publications

• Mabee WE, Mannion J, Carpenter T (2012). A comparison of feed-in tariff policy in Germany and Ontario. Energy Policy 40(1): 480-489.
• Mabee WE, McFarlane P, Saddler JN (2011) Biomass availability for lignocellulosic ethanol production. Biomass & Bioenergy 35(11): 4519-4529.
• Mabee WE, Mirck J (2011). Regional production and distribution of renewable energy. Annals of the Association of American Geographers 101(4): 897-906.
• McKechnie J, Colombo J, Chen J, Mabee WE, MacLean HL (2011). Forest bioenergy or forest carbon? Assessing trade-offs in greenhouse gas mitigation with wood-based fuels. Environmental Science & Technology 45(2): 789-795.
• Bacovsky D, Mabee WE, Wörgetter M (2010). How close are second-generation biofuels? Biofuels, Bioproducts & Biorefining 4(3): 249-252.

Education

• PhD, Wood Science (Forestry), University of Toronto (2001)
• MScF, Wood Science (Forestry), University of Toronto (1995)
• BScF, Forestry, University of Toronto (1992)