Analyst Profile

Jay Holman

Research Manager, Distributed and Renewable Energy

Jay Holman is a research manager with IDC Energy Insights' Distributed Energy Strategies and Renewable Energy Strategies subscription service areas. Among his areas of focus are utility renewable generation programs, market trends in the renewable energy sector, and customer attitudes surrounding the adoption and use of renewable energy technologies.

Mr. Holman regularly contributes to the renewable and distributed energy blog in the IDC Energy Insights Community (http://idc-insights-community.com/energy). His Twitter handle is jay_holman.

In his previous role as consulting manager for IDC Energy Insights, Mr. Holman led the Rapid Response Survey Panel program, which enables utilities to establish an online panel of their customers that can be surveyed on a regular basis to test marketing material, track customer attitudes, and collect feedback on utility programs. Mr. Holman also supported numerous primary research projects in the oil and gas and utility industries, covering topics ranging from utility strategies for implementing renewable programs to a global analysis of information technology spending by oil and gas companies.

Prior to joining IDC Energy Insights, Mr. Holman was a program manager for IDC Manufacturing Insights, where he led numerous research studies on the IT investment practices and business processes of manufacturers. Mr. Holman has 12 years of experience in project management, consulting, and market research.

Mr. Holman earned an MBA from the Sloan School of Management and a MS EE/CS from MIT's School of Engineering. He earned his Bachelor's Degree in Physics from Colgate University.



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Research Authored by Jay Holman

Distributed Energy Strategies May 2010 Outlook Report Sam Jaffe, Casey Hogan, Jay Holman Jul 2010 - Doc # EI224233      Perspective This IDC Energy Insights Perspective provides an outlook on the most relevant market drivers, industry characteristics, and expectations for the future. The distributed energy market is diverse in terms of the various solutions' fuel sou ... purchase document

Renewable Energy Strategies May 2010 Outlook Report Casey Hogan, Jay Holman, Sam Jaffe Jun 2010 - Doc # EI223859      Perspective This IDC Energy Insights Perspective provides an overview of our perspective on relevant drivers for technology investment in the U.S. renewable energy market. The IDC Energy Insights' Renewable Energy Strategies team hosted the Spring O ... purchase document

Business Strategy: Optimizing Transmission for Wind Integration Jay Holman Jun 2010 - Doc # EI223579      Business Strategy This IDC Energy Insights report examines the role of key electricity transmission technologies in enabling the rapid growth of the U.S. wind energy market. The report describes the impact of current transmission constraints on ... purchase document

Solar Investment Perspective: January–May 2010 Rick Nicholson, Sam Jaffe, Jay Holman Jun 2010 - Doc # EI223627      Perspective This IDC Energy Insights Perspective presents an analysis of publicly announced investments in solar technologies for the period January–May 2010 in the North American market. It focuses exclusively on solar technology and thus ... purchase document

The Role of RECs in a National RES Jay Holman Apr 2010 - Doc # EI222818      Perspective This IDC Energy Insights Perspective evaluates the role renewable energy certificates (RECs) are likely to play in the event that a national renewable energy standard (RES) is implemented in the United States. RECs are already ... purchase document

North America Utility Industry 2010 Top 10 Predictions Rick Nicholson, Jill Feblowitz, Marcus Torchia, Jay Holman, Sam Jaffe Jan 2010 - Doc # EI221538      Top 10 Predictions This IDC Energy Insights' report presents the top 10 predictions for the North American utility industry in 2010. North American utility companies were negatively impacted in 2009 by the recession, which decreased energy consum ... purchase document

Business Strategy: Biomass Torrefaction and the Coming Surge in U.S. Biomass-Based Electricity Generation Jay Holman, Nadav Enbar Dec 2009 - Doc # EI221317      Market Overview This IDC Energy Insights report provides an overview of the market for biomass used as a fuel for electricity generation in the United States, with an emphasis on biomass torrefaction and its potential to spur market growth. Th ... purchase document

Distributed and Renewable Energy Outlook Fall 2009 Conference Nadav Enbar, Jay Holman, Sam Jaffe Nov 2009 - Doc # EI220887      Perspective This Energy Insights Perspective includes presentations from the Energy Insights Distributed and Renewable Energy Outlook Web Conference held on November 19, 2009, which brought together industry leaders with diverse views to d ... purchase document

Best Practices: Utility Dispatchable Distributed Generation Programs for Demand Response 2009 Jay Holman, Nadav Enbar Nov 2009 - Doc # EI220658      Market Overview This IDC Energy Insights report examines utility demand response programs that dispatch customer-sited distributed generation resources to bridge capacity shortfalls and transmission and distribution constraints. Based on in-de ... purchase document

Technology Selection: Utility Attitudes Toward Energy Storage Technologies Nadav Enbar, Sam Jaffe, Jay Holman Oct 2009 - Doc # EI220174      Market Overview This IDC Energy Insights report focuses on utility attitudes and perceptions toward emerging energy storage technologies, including Lithium-ion batteries, NaS batteries, flow batteries, flywheels, and compressed air energy stor ... purchase document

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