Date: 14 September 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Jeff Dagle
Topic: What can rebuilding the Puerto Rico power system teach us about resilience?
Abstract: Society’s dependence on reliable and affordable electricity continues to increase. The interconnected North American power grid provides affordable and reliable …
Date: 11 May 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Elizabeth Cook
Topic: Planning the Power Grid: Utilizing Data Driven Insights to Continue to Serve All
Abstract: The changing climate and electrification have accelerated the integration of the new energy economy we have all been …
Date: 4 May 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Jennifer Chen
Topic: Cost-effective transmission planning, co-optimization transmission with customer demand for renewable generation, and improving the efficiency of the system
Abstract: The U.S. is about to ramp up electric transmission buildout, and that’s good …
Date: 20 April 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Dharik Mallapragada
Topic: The role of hydrogen in deeply decarbonized energy systems – insights from systems modeling
Abstract: Deep decarbonization of the energy system is contingent on identifying pathways for eliminating greenhouse gas emissions from not …
Date: 11 April 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Jacquelyn Pless
Topic: Improving Infrastructure Service Management and Quality with Smart Technology: Evidence from the Electricity Sector
Abstract: Electricity outages are on the rise in the U.S. due to climate change and an aging infrastructure, …
Date: 6 April 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: David Keith
Topic: Solar geoengineering versus carbon removal
Abstract: Reducing temperatures in the next few centuries requires use of carbon removal (CDR) or solar geoengineering (SRM) or both. Emissions cuts should be the overwhelming focus …
Date: 30 March 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Joshuah Stolaroff
Topic: Carbon-Negative Hydrogen from Waste Biomass
Abstract: Mote, Inc. has a process to convert woody waste biomass into hydrogen for transportation and CO2 for storage. By selecting biomass that would otherwise decompose or …
Date: 23 March 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: David Bresch
Topic: Quantification of drivers of natural catastrophe risk and appraisal of adaptation options to strengthen societal resilience
Abstract: Improving the resilience of our societies in the face of volatile weather and climate change is an urgent priority …
Date: 21 March 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Shanti Gamper-Rabindran
Topic: Vulnerabilities in the Regulatory Process: Science, Economics and Legal Analyses in Selected EPA Rulemaking in 2017-2020
Abstract: Federal agencies serve as institutions of governance. They use science and economic analysis, within legal powers …
Date: 16 March 2022
Time: 12:00pm ET
Location: Wean Hall 3701 & via Zoom
Speaker: Barbara Tyran
Topic: The Macro Grid Initiative
Abstract: The Macro Grid Initiative, a joint effort of ACORE and Americans for a Clean Energy Grid, seeks to expand and upgrade the nation’s transmission network to deliver …
