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 […]

A Model for the Political Dynamics of Energy Transitions James Rising Postdoctoral Fellow UC Berkeley, ERG   RAEL Lab Meeting 12 - 1 pm, 18 November 2015 310 Barrows Hall, Room 323 ---WEDNESDAY---   Climate change mitigation requires sustainable energy transitions, but their political dynamics are poorly understood. We develop a general dynamic model of […]