Research Projects - Kleinman Center for Energy Policy

Our researchers explore critical issues and address challenges that have regional, national, and global implications.

About Our Research Grants

Each year, the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy awards grants ranging from $5,000 to $15,000 to support new research or supplement existing research in energy and climate policy.

We seek requests for proposals from University of Pennsylvania faculty, postdocs, and doctoral students for research projects in the areas of energy and climate policy that can leverage Penn research and support the advancement of our mission.

For questions about the research grants program, please email Angela Pachon.

Awarded Research Projects

Sort by Title	Research Areas	Sort by Year	Researchers	Keywords
Inflation Reduction Act Boom Towns	Access & Equity, Renewables	2024-2025	Sanya Carley
Resurfacing the State? Media Portrayals and Public Perceptions of Federal Energy-Industry Investments	Renewables	2024-2025	Parrish Bergquist	Politics
How Can We Deploy Solar Fuels in a Decarbonized Society?	Emerging Tech, Renewables	2023-2024	Karen Goldberg, Walter Johnsen, Thomas Mallouk	Solar
Field Experiments to Measure the Impact of Solar Lights at the Bottom of the Pyramid	Renewables	2022-2023	Serguei Netessine	International, Solar
Local Zoning and the Regulation of Solar Farms on Agricultural Land: Helping or Hindering the Transition to Renewable Energy?	Renewables	2021-2022	Tom Daniels	Agriculture, Land Management
Philadelphia’s Energy Transitions: A Short History	Fossil Fuels, Renewables	2021-2022	Jared Farmer	Pennsylvania
Rare Earths in Renewables: The Story of Three Rs	Renewables	2020-2021	Deep Jariwala	Natural Resources
Climate Change and Energy Technological Progress	Climate, Renewables	2020-2021	Jesús Fernández-Villaverde	Storage
Wartime Speed During Peacetime? How New York State Built an Unprecedented Coalition for Breakneck Renewables Deployment	Renewables, Access & Equity	2020-2021	Daniel Cohen	Grids
A Six Point Plan for Eliminating U.S. Carbon Emissions and Minimizing Climate Costs	Climate, Renewables	2019-2020	Oscar Serpell	Energy Efficiency, Finance & Investment, Land Management, Politics, Regulation, Subsidies
Promoting Energy Conservation on the Farm: Thinking About Waste as a Gold Mine Instead of a Headache	Climate, Renewables	2019-2020	Dipti Pitta, Veronica Shabtai	Biofuel, Pennsylvania, Waste
Guiding Energy Storage Capacity Investment for Renewable Grids	Renewables	2019-2020	Christian Kaps	Grids, Storage
Jump-Starting the Market: Subsidies and Firm Entry	Markets & Regulation, Renewables	2018-2019	Felipe Flores-Golfin	Solar, Subsidies
A Data Driven PV Power Forecasting Model	Renewables, Electricity	2017-2018	Jorge J. Santiago-Aviles	Distributed Energy, Grids, Solar
The Impact of Renewable Energy Procurement Auctions in Brazil	Renewables, Electricity	2017-2018	Gabrielle Vasey	Electricity Markets, Grids, Hydropower, International