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Aligning Clean Energy Policy with Grid Reliability
electricity industry insiders. But recently, and this year in particular, grid ... report from the FERC and the nation’s grid reliability regulator NERC warns ... which fossil fuel powerplants, and coal plants in particular, are rapidly
Welcome to the Anthropocene, Our New Biogeophysical Home
, and air will be unlike those experienced in human history. The term ... of humans on earth system processes, and our emerging role as the dominant force shaping Earth’s biologic and geologic systems. Steffen looks
Improving Voltage Quality through Transformer Construction in Accra, Ghana
Novel sources of spatially and temporally high-frequency data—such as satellite imagery, internet-of-things, and mobile phone records—have massively expanded the scope and precision for measuring economic variables. For
COP27 Dispatch: What Defines a Successful National Adaptation Plan?
and insights into key issues under negotiation. Allison Lassiter ... process and research that seeks to measure the success of national efforts ... of Pennsylvania, and recorded from COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
Energy Storage’s Seasonal Challenge
will seek to develop the nation’s clean energy infrastructure, and expand the role of wind and solar power. Yet renewable energy presents certain ... wind and sunshine are scarce. In recent years, grid-scale batteries
In Poland, the Nuclear Option Is Still on the Table
first serious plans were established and put into action under communism ... —due to the perfect storm of the Chernobyl disaster, Poland’s economic and political collapse, and eventually its economic and political transformation
Offshore Wind Presents Big Challenge for the Electric Grid
part of their efforts to meet clean energy goals and reduce global warming emissions. Planning for the wind farms is well underway, and the first projects sponsored by New York, New Jersey and other coastal states
2021 Fall Student Blog Competition
displacement, changes to employment, and other social factors. Simply put, a ... specific examples of how energy and the energy transition is impacting communities now or in the future, how those impacts affect social equity and
The Net-Zero Governance Conveyor Belt
global GDP and 40 percent of the world’s largest firms. While the ... can set a high level of rigor and push forward the frontier of best ... higher standards, and international standard-setting bodies can reach
Thabo Lenneiye
, and energy policy. Her work focuses on building a comprehensive research ... climate change and the global energy transition. Lenneiye is also a senior fellow with the Center for Leadership and Change Management at the Wharton