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Taking Energy Education Overseas
as protection against storm surge, and touring an architecture firm ... Penn’s Berlin and Rotterdam summer study program got to experience while on their program. Every year, students attend the Berlin and
IEA Executive Director Receives Carnot Prize
energy market analysis and projections. “I am extremely honored by this ... mathematician and scientist—Nicolas Sadi Carnot,” said Birol. “Carnot’s work has ... the complex and politically-fraught process of global collaboration on
Big Companies Drive Clean Energy Development. Can Small Businesses Do The Same?
renewable energy growth in the U.S., with Google, Amazon, and 100 or so other ... . Companies strive to fund clean projects and decarbonize their energy supply to shore ... server farms and retail delivery networks. Businesses also want direct
Will COVID-19 Permanently Change the Energy Sector?
energy. First, the question neglects the many segments of the U.S. and global populations for whom the old normal was not working and who feel no enthusiasm for its return. Second and perhaps most visibly in the United States
Building More Energy Storage Means Building the Right Incentives
In recent years, the falling costs and increasing capacity of lithium ... storage. As prices continue to drop for batteries and other competing storage technologies—such as pumped hydro, compressed air, and reversible
Four Decades of Navigating Climate Politics
: Rafe Pomerance and David Roberts. Pomerance has been working on climate ... Center senior fellow, is a journalist at Vox and one of the foremost climate and energy writers in the country. The conversation on climate
Teeming with Carbon Taxes
what has been proposed thus far: January 24: Energy Innovation and ... Act, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)July 25: Stemming Warming and Augmenting ... Act, John Larson (D-CT) Before we dig into the similarities and
On Climate, Forget 2 Degrees. Let’s Talk Net Zero
shelves, and extreme weather of both the dry and wet varieties. Instead ... climate illness, carbon dioxide emissions and the broader class of greenhouse gasses that includes methane and HFCs. The semantic distinction
The Distribution Grid Gap on Cybersecurity
Power grid resilience and security are front-and-center in national ... resources (i.e. coal and some nuclear units) takes attention away from more ... protections. The distribution grid is becoming more digital and dynamic, as
The (Yet?) Non-existent Pipeline that Already Divides Europe
state and top industry leaders from Russia, Germany, France, and the ... Gazprom and Western European firms: E.ON, BASF/Wintershall, OMV, Engie, and Royal Dutch Shell to form a new consortium that would execute the plan and