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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

Penn Pavilion Events: COP28

across the University will be giving briefings and hosting talks to discuss ... Pavilion which are noted below. These events are happening in Dubai and ... - 1:45PM: Briefing: The Geopolitics of Climate Change and Energy

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

Climate Tech for Real Estate: The Elephant in the Room

buildings. And yet, this fact is gravely underappreciated by both traditional ... directly profit from its realization.  And it is not just the investment ... owners, and how much new venture funding is being raised to hasten the