Special Seminar: Low-Cost and Low-Carbon Hydrogen Production and Hydrogen Storage
Thursday, December 5th, 2024 | 3:00 – 4:00 pm Peter Schubert, Professor Emeritus, Indiana University Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Watch Video Green hydrogen is elusive. Hydrogen storage is difficult. At this talk we introduce innovative solutions to both. Starting with non-food agricultural residues, we can produce hydrogen at 0.83 USD/kg […]
Power in the Road as a Financing Mechanism for CO2 Drawdown via Mineralization
Friday, November 22th, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am Peter Bell, Strategic Business Planner, SMUD Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Watch Video The transition to electric transportation presents a dual opportunity: reducing transportation costs and utilizing the increased electricity revenues to finance large-scale CO2 removal via mineralization. Air-to-liquid mineralization has the […]
From Systems Thinking to PtX: Unleashing the Potential for a Clean Energy Transition
Thursday, October 17th, 2024 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm Iva Ridjan Skov, Associate Professor, Aalborg University Denmark Meeting location: 1605 Tilia Street, Davis CA 95616 Register to Attend Iva Ridjan Skov is an Associate Professor in Energy Planning and Renewable Energy Systems at Aalborg University Denmark. She holds a PhD in electrofuels and renewable energy […]
Decarbonizing High-Emissions Materials – Challenges and Opportunities for Cement, Steel, Plastics, and Bricks
Tuesday, October 29th, 2024 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm Sabbie Miller, Faculty Director, UC Davis Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center Watch Video Join us October 29 for a special webinar with Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center Director Sabbie Miller. Materials like plastics generate high emissions during production due to energy-intensive processes, while others, such […]
Energy Graduate Group Alumni Panel
Friday, December 6th, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am Energy Graduate Group Alumni Panel Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Join via Zoom (passcode: ucdenergy)
Explorations of net-zero emissions energy: aviation, trade risks, and inequalities of air pollution
Friday, November 8th, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am Steve Davis, Professor, Department of Earth System Science, Stanford University Doerr School of Sustainability Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Watch Video There is broad consensus that electrification of end uses and renewable electricity can drastically and cost-effectively reduce GHG emissions from the […]
Making Climate Policy Models More Decision-Relevant
Friday, November 1st, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am Wei Peng, Assistant Professor of Public and International Affairs and the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, Princeton University Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Join via Zoom (passcode: ucdenergy) Efforts to achieve decarbonization targets often fall short. Energy system modeling based […]
Opportunities and Constraints in a Carbon-Negative Bioeconomy
Friday, October 25th, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am Corinne Scown, Deputy for Research, Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Watch Video (passcode: ucdenergy) Dr. Corinne Scown will discuss the role of the technological strategies by which bio-based energy production, chemicals, and […]
Using high spatial resolution public opinion data to study energy systems
Friday, October 18th, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am Matto Mildenberger, Associate Professor of Political Science, UC Santa Barbara Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Watch Video Energy transitions require social and political engagement – but data on the political and public dimensions of energy policymaking has lagged technical and economic modelling. […]
DERConnect: A Testbed for Flexible Loads in Buildings and Beyond
Friday, October 11th, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am Jan Kleissl, Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC San Diego Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Watch Video Through CalFlexHub, we demonstrated how highly dynamic prices can schedule the dispatch of Distributed Energy Resources (DER), particularly a Battery Energy Storage System […]
