For over 30 years, an interdisciplinary team of faculty and students anchored at Carnegie Mellon University, joined by investigators and students from a number of other collaborating institutions across North America, Europe, and Australia, have worked together to better understand the global changes that are being caused by both human activities and natural causes. This […]
Date: 8 April 2019Time: 12:00pmLocation: Wean Hall 3701Speaker: James KellowayTopic: Machine Learning for Solar Forecasting in the National Grid ESO Abstract: The National Grid ESO has publicly committed to being capable of running the Great Britain electricity grid fossil fuel free by 2025. To do this, we will need to embrace new methods and new […]
Date: 22 October 2018 Time: 12:00pm Location: Marquis Conference Room, Scott Hall 5201 Speaker: Michael Mann Topic: The Past as Prologue: Learning from the Climate Changes in Past Centuries Abstract: I will review work over the past decade aimed at establishing the nature of, and factors underlying, patterns of large-scale climate variability in past centuries. […]
In the article A fork in the road for U.S. power, Ben Geman of Axios discusses the nationwide trend toward a lower-carbon mix, while the Trump administration is preparing steps that would halt coal’s decline. The focus of the article resides heavily with the paper Assessing the evolution of power sector carbon intensity in the United States, by Carnegie […]
Date: 26 March 2018 Time: 12:00pm Location: Baker 129 Conference Room Speaker: Long Lam and Shuchi Talati Topic: Bringing EPP to Capitol Hill Abstract: In this discussion-based presentation, we will first provide a brief overview of the AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellowship Program in both the executive and legislative branches, covering the program’s mission as well […]
“Marginal Costs of Water Savings from Cooling System Retrofits: A Case Study for Texas Power Plants” – A. Loew, P. Jaramillo, H. Zhai. Environmental Research Letters, 2016, 11:104004.
“Quantifying Sources of Uncertainty in Reanalysis Derived Wind Speed” – S. Rose, J. Apt. Renewable Energy, 94: 157-165. [Full Paper]
“Consumptive Water Use from Electricity Generation in the Southwest under Alternative Climate, Policy, and Technology Pathways” – S. Talati, H. Zhai, P. Kyle, M.G. Morgan, P. Patel, and L. Liu, Environmental Science & Technology, 50 (22) 12095-12104, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b01389
“Alternative fuel vehicle adoption increases fleet gasoline consumption and greenhouse gas emissions under United States corporate average fuel economy policy and greenhouse gas emissions standards” – A. Jenn, I.L. Azevedo, J.J. Michalek. Environmental Science & Technology (2016) v50 n5 p.2165-2174. [Full Paper]
*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 Seminar Announcement Abstract: Wind energy is one of the most important renewable energy sources in Germany, playing a key role regarding energy and climate policy targets […]
