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

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