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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]