On Friday, June 14, 2019 EPP PhD student and CEDM affiliate Peter Tschofen spoke at the Austrian Federal Ministry for Sustainability and Tourism (BMNT), which is responsible for, “key quality-of-life issues and for questions which are essential in creating a livable future for our children.”
Tschofen …
Date: 9 September 2019
Time: 12:00pm
Location: Baker Hall 129, Conference Room
Speaker: Dr. Jud Virden
Topic: Is your grid ready? The convergence of renewables, energy storage, and electric vehicles!
Abstract: The grid of the future will be expected to be reliable and resilient while delivering affordable electricity to all …
Date: 1 March 2019
Time: 12:00pm
Location: Baker Hall 129, Conference Room
Speaker: Teevrat Garg
Topic: The Local Environmental Costs and Economic Benefits of India’s Coal-Fired Power Plants
Abstract: Developing countries characterized by increasing electricity demand face a dilemma: fossil-fuel fired electricity production is cheap and reliable yet has substantial …
Cornelius, A.; Bandyopadhyay, R.; Patino-Echeverri, D., Assessing environmental, economic, and reliability impacts of flexible ramp products in MISO’s electricity market. Renew. Sust. Energ. Rev. 2018, 81, 2291-2298.
Davis, S. D.; Lewis, N. S.; Shaner, M.; Aggarwal, S.; Arent, D.; Azevedo, I. L.; Benson, S. M.; Bradley, T.; Brouwer, …
Date: 4/19/16
Time: 10:30am
Location: Wean Hall 3701 Conference Room
Speaker: Tony Roulstone
Topic: Engineering factors that drive SMR economics
Abstract:
The United Kingdom is considering whether to build a series of SMRs after the current 16 GW large reactor program to increase the nuclear share of electricity …
Date: 4/1/16
Time: 12:00pm
Location: 340 Tepper – Grand Room
Speaker: Richard Alley
Topic: Slip Slidin’ Away: Ice Sheets and Sea-Level Rise
Abstract:
Warming melts ice, and melting of ice that is not floating contributes to sea level rise. Sea level now is rising because glaciers in the …
Date: 2/22/16
Time: 12:00pm
Location: Wean Hall 3701 Conference Room
Speaker: Elaine Ulrich
Topic: Spatial Economic and Multi-Criteria Analysis of the Optimal Siting of Wind Power Plants
Abstract:
The US Dept of Energy SunShot Initiative is a national collaborative effort to make solar energy cost-competitive with other forms …
Date: 2/8/16
Time: 2:00pm
Location: Baker Hall 129 Conference Room
Speaker: Steven Rose
Topic: Spatial Economic and Multi-Criteria Analysis of the Optimal Siting of Wind Power Plants
Abstract:
The social cost of carbon (SCC) is an estimate of global climate change damages to society from a unit of …
From www.cmu.edu:
Speaking before the House Science and Technology Committee, Granger Morgan highlighted actions that could make the nation’s electricity supply less vulnerable and more resilient, which could save lives.
He focused on strategies to avoid physical disruption of the power system; strategies to speed the process of repairing …
*Seminar has been moved to 1:00pm*
Date: 10/28/2015
Time: 1:00pm
Location: Baker Hall 129 Conference Room
Speaker: Reinhard Madlener
Topic: Spatial Economic and Multi-Criteria Analysis of the Optimal Siting of Wind Power Plants
Abstract:
Wind energy is one of the most important renewable energy sources in Germany, playing …
