Communicating Scientific Research with Dan Kammen

Blum Hall Blum Hall, B100, Berkeley, CA, United States

Slides from this conversation are available here. Open to all Berkeley Students Communicating Scientific Research with Dan Kammen Nov. 14 | 3-4pm | Blum Hall B100 The Blum Center and the InFEWS program are hosting a conversation with Prof. Daniel Kammen. How can you synthesize and translate your research for lay audiences? How can you begin to think about […]

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An Energy Plan the Earth Can Live With

Knafel Center 10 Garden Street , Cambridge, United States

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, issued a critical report in October 2018 on the vital need to hold anthropogenic global warming under 1.5 degrees Celsius. Humans have already warmed the planet 1 degree C. An about-face on pollution and planetary degradation is needed to achieve this remarkable […]

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RAEL Lunch: 27 February — Advancing Energy and Climate Planning Models: Optimization Methods, Variable Renewables, and Smart Grids

Energy and Resources Group 310 Barrows Hall, Berkeley, CA, United States

James Merrick’s research focuses on the improvement of mathematical modeling methods to address a variety of energy and climate planning problems. This talk will discuss this research, with an emphasis on how to structure models to provide economic and policy insight, focusing on appropriate valuation of renewables and energy storage options. James completed his PhD […]

RAEL Lunch (note special Thursday date & location!): Michael Grubb, “Innovation, economics and policy in the energy revolution: Insights from the UK electricity transition and wider implications”

BerkeleyLaw (Room 10) Berkeey Law School, Berkeley

Please join us for a special joint Innovation, economics and policy in the energy revolution: Insights from the UK electricity transition and wider implications   Summary: This talk will outline both theory and practice of energy transition and decarbonisation, drawing on long experience in the UK which has been a battleground between different approaches to […]

RAEL to co-sponsor “Clean Energy Collaboration” meeting in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Pullman Hotel Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

In partnership with Save Rivers, PACOS Trust, JOAS, and the UNDP, RAEL will sponsor and present at the March 15 & 16 "Clean Energy Collaboration" meeting in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.  The meeting is focused on "Sustainable and Inclusive Energy Pathways for Sarawak and Malaysia. For meeting information, click here. Coverage includes: The Malaysian Insight, "Dam projects […]

3-20-2018: RAEL lunch talk, John McQueeney, “ERG to Cannabis”

310 Barrows Hall Berkeley, CA, United States

John McQueeney was a UC Berkekey undergraduate and sustainable energy researcher. He has worked in solar PV development, energy efficiency, and on carbon and energy planning and research in Asia.  John now works in medical marijuana.  He will describe how his ERG-based skills have served him in this new and rapidly changing field.

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POSTPONED: April 17: RAEL Lunch, Emma Tome “Energy and environmental justice”

310 Barrows Hall Berkeley, CA, United States

POSTPONED: Emma’s interests are at the intersection of climate change adaptation, environmental justice, and science and technology studies, with a focus on renewable energy technology adoption in under-resourced communities. She received her B.A. in Geography and B.S. in Environmental Sciences at UC Berkeley in 2011, and her undergraduate research focused on critical approaches to GIS […]

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