Mission: The mission of the Navajo Sustainability Symposium is to engage business, academia, communities, NGOs and others in active discussion of the issues of sustainability for the Navajo Nation including, but not limited to, sustainable business practices, sustainable energy transitions, energy conservation, adopting and implementing sustainable practices, creating sustainable neighborhoods, water conservation and purity, natural […]

We will hold the first 'RAEL Lunch' of the 2019 Fall semester next week, September 4, from 12 - 1 pm, in the ERG Reading Room. We will be focusing on short summaries of current and planned RAEL projects, and opportunities for students to get involved.   Please join us.

ERG PhD student Dennis Best will overview his work with the SELF, a San Joaquin (Southern CA Central Valley) Community Development Cooperative that we are working with on a California Energy Commission supported project to develop community clean energy solutions.  

At RAEL lunch today we will: 1) review some of the projects where student opportunities exist; 2) discuss new research opportunities in energy storage integrated with energy systems at scales from: i) second-life of batteries in mini-grids ii) the interactions of utility-scale storage systems in providing storage capacity and other ancillary services (a project with […]

RAEL and GSPP PhD student Kenji Shiraishi - who was involved in the Fukushima-Daiichi cleanup while employed in the Japanese Ministry the Environment -- will present his work on a new geospatial multi-criteria decision analysis method with spatial regression to identify Japan’s high-quality onshore wind energy potential. After identifying the economic potential of grid-connected onshore […]

Using Data Science to Avoid an Existential Climate Crisis Chris Jones, Director CoolClimate Network The climate crisis is upon us. At this point there is little chance of meeting global, national and local climate targets. At best, our collective efforts will prevent some of the worst consequences of climate change from happening this century. This […]

Please join us when visiting (from Chongqing University) PhD Student Bo Li will discuss the work of the SWITCH-China team in using SWITCH (now available in Python) exploring new Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard (RPS) goals in China (work led by Ziming Ma) and scenarios to transition to China to a EV / H2 transportation led […]

Please join us Sunday, October 20, 2019 in Jack London Square, Oakland, for the United Nations Association East Bay Chapter  "Global Citizens Award" ceremony and speeches on local action for climate protection.   For tickets and further information, click here.

On-demand mobility fleets have become an important part of urban transportation, and the sector is expected to grow rapidly in coming years, leading to increases in greenhouse gas emissions, congestion, and air pollution. Despite analysis showing fleets should be a prime market for early electrification, adoption of electric vehicles in fleets lags adoption in the […]