KQED Forum - Stronger Climate in California As President Obama sells his climate agenda to the nation, state legislators in California are set to vote on a package of bills that aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut petroleum use in half. Gov. Jerry Brown and many high-profile state Democrats say California needs to […]
Oakland EcoBlock: Demonstrating Capability and Scalability in Retrofitting a Sustainable Neighborhood Tony Nahas Visiting Research Scholar - Energy and Resources Group RAEL Lab Meeting 12:00 pm, 16 September 2015 310 Barrows Hall, Room 323 ---Wednesday--- Purpose: The Oakland EcoBlock project is an urban sustainability experiment that brings together over 100 residents of a local Oakland […]
To make the needed pathways for decarbonization both intellectually sound and operational, we have developed analytic tools to explore the cost, reliability, and technology integration for a diverse suite of regional energy systems (western North America, China, Chile, Nicaragua, the East African Power Pool and the Balkans). We use these models - SWITCH (rael.berkeley.edu) - to explore the costs and benefits of meeting decarbonization targets. We find that for both on-grid and off-grid energy needs, robust pathways can be developed to meet energy and environmental goals.
Transportation Energy – What is Best? Mark Delucchi Research Scientist Transportation Sustainability Research Center Institute of Transportation Studies U.C. Berkeley What is the best alternative to petroleum energy in transportation? I define “best” broadly, encompassing a wide a range of criteria including climate change, air quality, energy security, water use, land-use and biodiversity, full […]
Biofuels: Need, Land, Carbon, and Development Lee R. Lynd Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College Global Sustainable Bioenergy Project Enchi Corporation RAEL Lab Meeting 12 - 1 pm, 8 October 2015 310 Barrows Hall, Room 323 ---THURSDAY--- Two of the most important challenges facing those alive today are smoothly navigating a transition from reliance […]
SWITCH Model RAEL Lab Meeting 12 - 1 pm, 14 October 2015 310 Barrows Hall, Room 323 ---WEDNESDAY--- Join in for a fun meeting discussing the progress of a variety of SWITCH projects and potential research ideas. Dan Kammen will also provide food to boost brain power and stimulate a lively discussion!
Published on Oct 27, 2015 This lecture took place on October 23, 2015 and was sponsored by the San Juan Islands Conservation District. Watch the lecture HERE.
SWITCH Model RAEL Lab Meeting 12 - 1 pm, 4 November 2015 310 Barrows Hall, Room 323 ---WEDNESDAY--- Josiah Johnston will be presenting a review of approaches for dealing with uncertainty in the context of Switch, an investment planning tool for low-emission electric power grids. The discussion will also include an introduction to stochastic programming […]
Replacing Coal: Drivers of Lower Emissions in the US Power Sector from 2007 to 2014 Eric G. Gimon Senior Fellow Energy Innovation, Policy and Technology LCC RAEL Lab Meeting 12 - 1 pm, 2 December 2015 310 Barrows Hall, Room 323 ---WEDNESDAY--- Eric Gimon will examine the drop in U.S. power generation greenhouse gas emissions […]
RAEL Lab Meeting 12 - 1 pm, 25 November 2015 310 Barrows Hall, Room 323 ---WEDNESDAY--- Diego Ponce de Leon Barido would like to discuss initial exploratory data analysis (EDA) to evaluate ongoing global energy transitions using data that he has collected from the World Bank, EIA, Bloomberg's NewEnergy Finance Climatescope, and Yale's Environmental Performance […]
