Annual Report

Annual Report 2025/2026

As the energy landscape grows more complex, the Kleinman Center brings together research, policy, and practice to address the challenges shaping the transition. Through interdisciplinary scholarship, teaching, and engagement, we are advancing practical solutions for a more sustainable, equitable, and resilient energy future.

Annual Report 2025/2026
Kleinman Center faculty members Shelley Welton, Jen Wilcox, and Sanya Carely celebrate the Kleinman Center's 10th anniversary

2024-2025

Welcoming a Professor of Practice • Roads to Removal • Engagement with policymakers • California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standar • Subsea Sabotage

2023-2024

Celebrating 10 years • Research Agenda • Carnot Prize winner Ramón Méndez Galain • Goldsmith Sustainable Agriculture Fund

2022-2023

Faculty Director Sanya Carley • Prospects for Pennsylvania in RGGI • Energy Week at Penn • SPARK Magazine

2021-2022

Welcoming Shelley Welton • Net Zero Nevada Report • COP26 • Carnot Prize: Nicholas Stern

2020-2021

Clean Energy Conversions Lab • Explainer Video • Virtual Engagement • Carnot Prize: Sheila Oparaocha

2019-2020

First Faculty Hire: Jennifer Wilcox • First Energy Week at Penn • Carnot Prize: Cheryl LaFleur • COVID-19 Response

2018-2019

$30 Million Renewal Gift • Carnot Prize India: Piyush Goyal • Philadelphia Refinery Report

2017-2018

Kleinman at Home & Abroad • Carnot Prize: Gina McCarthy • Advisory Board Growth

2016-2017

Energy Policy Now Podcast Launch • Carnot Prize: Fatih Birol • First IEA Summer Fellow

2015-2016

Fisher Fine Arts Renovation • First Carnot Prize: Daniel Yergin • New Programming

2014-2015

$10 Million Gift • Center Opening • Vision & Plan • New Research & Programs