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Solar Energy: Not Just for Philadelphia’s Elite
credited to a number of factors and there is an effort across Philadelphia to ... spreading clean energy and increasing energy efficiency. In 2016, PEA launched ... cleaner Philadelphia, drive down energy costs, and create 10,000 jobs in
DOE’s Lifeline to Transmission Siting for Renewables
cheap wind energy to the southeast U.S. The $2.5 billion Plains and ... Oklahoma and Texas, to areas of higher demand in Arkansas and Tennessee ... deployment and integration of renewable energy onto the electrical grid. Some
The Case for Nature-Based Solutions
Richter, Penn Professor of German and Dutch Studies
Can Local Participation Help Solve the Oil Curse?
handful of multinational “supermajors” and state-run firms. Local private firms typically lack the know-how, financing, and technology to conduct the capital-intensive work of drilling and pumping oil. But this
Tax Substitution as Climate Policy for Hard-to-Decarbonize Sectors
economic activity and, consequently, faces strong resistance from current ... sector accounts for 2.5% of CO2 emissions and 3.5% of the effects leading ... and fast expansion of service networks. Still, alternative fuel
Ahmed Abdellah
Student Advisory Council Member Ahmed Abdellah is a Kleinman Center Student Advisory Council Member and is a student studying in the Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER) program. Abdellah was
Closing Loopholes in Carbon Offset Regulation
Some carbon emissions are too difficult and expensive to eliminate ... lowest cost possible, many companies and countries plan to use carbon ... patchwork of voluntary registries and standards like the Gold Standard
Can Philly Force the Rotten Roots of PGW to Sprout a Green Transition?
Philadelphia Gas Works—as long as one century and a half—came to a head. The ... mistake” and a “massive failure in leadership.” “The citizens of our city, the customers of PGW, and our own city workers will feel the negative
Accelerating to Net Zero: Fueling the Clean Energy Transition
This event is a part of Energy Week at Penn, a week of energy-focused events across Penn’s campus. Browse and register for other Energy Week events: energyweek.upenn.edu View the Presentation
Vivek Nair
Undergraduate Seminar Fellow 2025 Vivek Nair is a fourth-year student in the VIPER program pursuing degrees in materials science & engineering and chemistry. He is interested in utilizing these fields to develop