RAEL Lunch — November 14, Sara Mulhauser, “Do utility ownership structures impact energy storage diffusion rates?”

Sara is an architect who delved into distributed generation while developing fuel cell projects for Bloom Energy. She became interested in the energy industry in general, and specifically the regulatory and finance conditions that make markets more open to uptake of innovative technologies. While her focus is in energy, she is also interested in how other major infrastructure areas are similar and different with respect to technology uptake. Sara has a BA in Architecture from Berkeley.

The Future of Sustainable Energy (The Business Booster)

If you are base in Europe, hope to see you in Copenhagen at the Business Booster / Innovation Europe Event at the Bella Center.    For details, see: https://tbb.innoenergy.com

The Business Booster is an annual two-day international networking event that showcases 150+ sustainable energy technologies under one roof. TBB rotates among our European capitals – last year it was opened in Amsterdam by Maroš Šefčovič, the Vice-President for the Energy Union, followed by our key note, Dr. Prof. Bertrand Piccard, Chairman of the Solar Impulse Foundation. This year the event will take place from 17-18 October at the Bella Center, Copenhagen – Scandinavia’s largest exhibition centre, where we will be joined by over 700 attendees consisting of start-ups, energy industry representatives, financial communities, policy makers and regulators. Join us!

New publication in the battle to move to clean energy, “Clean or dirty energy for Kosovo”

To access the paper, which just appeared in The Beam, click here.

The battle for replacing coal with renewable energy in Kosovo

Panel discussion: Energy access in conflict areas

• Daniel Kammen, Professor of Energy at UC Berkeley
• Tim Willink, Director of Tribal Program at GRID Alternatives
• Alyssa Newman, Program Manager, Supply Chain Sustainability in Conflict Minerals at Google (invited)

Green energy is gold for California and the USA

Energy for Development 2018

Powerful teamwork for development and climate protection "EDC2018" Organizers: Ken Caldeira (Carnegie), Paulina Jaramillo (Carnegie Mello), Nate Lewis (Caltech).

Strathmore-​​UC Berkeley Energy Access Workshop … and some wildlife safari time.

The Strathmore Energy Research Center (SERC) and the University of California, Berkeley held a joint workshop on energy research, governance, and the role of the private sector in building an inclusive clean energy economy.  This joint activity was supported by both Strathmore University and a National Science Foundation Cyber-Physical Systems Program grant to Professors Callaway and Kammen. The slides from Professor Kammen's talk are here. The SWITCH-Kenya model of the Kenyan power grid is available here. Isa Ferrall and Duncan Callaway also spoke at the event. Before the workshop, the RAEL team spent time Mpala Research Centre looking at high-voltage transmission projects and the wildlife.  A few images are below. Transmission line to Lake Turkana Wind Farm that Kammen worked on financing and locating while at the World Bank, 2010 - 2011.         RAEL team at the Mpala Research Center front gate.  An all-Berkeley shot: L to R: Kammen, Isa Ferrall (ERG PhD student), Dennis Nyamu (Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program, 2017 & Manager, Human Needs Project), Serena Patel (RAEL undergraduate), Dr. Rebekah Shirley, Akol Akol Kuan (RAEL undergraduate).     RAEL at the hippo pools at Mpala Research Center.  To check out the action at the pools right now day or night, take a look at MpalaLive!     RAEL team at the prehistoric human shelter caves on Mpala.     Mpala has the largest herd of elephant on private land in Kenya.  

Keynote Address: Energy Market Trends and the Future of Community Choice

https://climateprotection.org/business-local-energy-symposium-2018/  

Goodwin Memorial Lecture at Caltech, “An Energy Plan the Earth Can Live With”

May 17, 2018, 4:00 pm Gates-Thomas Building

Jim and Sandy Hall Auditorium

Reception to follow in Room 235

For details: click here.