Special Seminar: How Demand Flexibility and Virtual Power Plants Can Build a Cleaner, Cheaper Grid
Thursday, April 17th, 2025 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm Edson Perez, Senior Principal, Advanced Energy United Register to Attend Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Join UC Davis alumnus and Advanced Energy United’s Edson Perez for a conversation on how smart technologies—like EVs, batteries, and thermostats—can come together as Virtual Power Plants (VPPs) […]
Beyond the Seminar: Justice Pathways for Meaningful Careers and Resilient Communities
Thursday, March 13th, 2025 Kristi Dayemo, NBEJN Jessica Dunn, Clean Transportation Program Kabian Ritter, Stealth Mode Meg Slattery, Earthjustice This seminar features four Energy Graduate Group alumni sharing their experiences working at the intersection of energy and environmental justice. The seminar explores career pathways, impactful projects, and strategies for advancing equity and resilience in the […]
¿Green sacrifice zones in Chile? Threats and risks of mining and energy expansion in the territories and ecosystems of the Atacama Desert
Thursday, March 6th, 2025 Gabriela Cabaña, Sociologist and Social Anthropologist, London School of Economics and Political Science Ramón Balcázar, PhD candidate in Rural Development, Autonomous Metropolitan University Watch Video In the context of the global climate emergency, the Chilean state has committed to the supply of materials needed for decarbonisation. This region, which concentrates the […]
Special Webinar: Pathways to utilize locally available biomass residues in materials production
Tuesday, March 25th, 2025 | 1:00 – 2:00 pm Seth Kane, Postdoctoral Scholar, UC Davis Materials Decarbonization and Sustainability Center Watch Video Global materials production, as of 2019, exceeded 42.8 Gt and was responsible for over 25% of global anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions. Simultaneously, global forestry and agriculture resulted in 9 Gt of underutilized biomass […]
Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism
Thursday, February 27th, 2025 Thea Riofrancos, Associate Professor of Political Science, Providence College Watch Video Will green capitalism save us from the climate crisis? “Clean” technologies and renewable energy are certainly growing sites of capitalist investment, with government policies playing a key role in making these sectors profitable. But the supply chains that produce the technologies pose […]
Frontline Utility Justice Research Methods: Benefits of a Nonprofit Utility Model to Serve California
Thursday, February 20th, 2025 Shaina Nanavati, Researcher and Organizer Watch Video In the aftermath of PG&E’s bankruptcy filing in 2019, The Golden State Energy Act was passed through the California state legislature and signed by Governor Newsom into law. The legislation created Golden State Energy, a non-profit public benefit corporation, to serve as a receiver […]
The Grand Challenge of Integrating Non-Legal, Radical Theories into EU Law and Its Member States: the Cases of Energy Justice, Energy Sufficiency and Degrowth
Thursday, February 13th, 2025 Romain Mauger, Head of Legal Research Unit, Iberian Centre for Research in Energy Storage (CIIAE), Spain Watch Video Six of the nine identified planetary boundaries have already been crossed and a seventh (ocean acidification) is close to it. To face this multi-faceted threat, humankind must resort to radical changes. Yet, to […]
Special Seminar: A New Kind of VPP – Dispatchable Load Shift
Tuesday, February 11th, 2025 | 2:00 – 3:00 pm Boaz Ur, Chief Business Development Officer, Nostromo Watch Video Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Boaz Ur is Chief Business Development Officer at Nostromo Energy. Prior to Nostromo, Boaz founded HARBO Technologies, which developed a product that revolutionized Oil Spill Response. After earning his […]
Environmental Justice Agenda for the Electronics Revolution
Thursday, February 6th, 2025 Oladele (Dele) Ogunseitan, Distinguished Professor, UC Irvine Watch Video The benefits of consumer electronic products have transformed every societal sector worldwide. Investments in research and development in the electronic industry is now fueling solutions to climate change through transformation of energy systems to renewable sources which will require deployment of storage […]
California’s Increasing Energy Bills – Causes, Cures and Climate Consequences
Thursday, January 30th, 2025 California’s Increasing Energy Bills – Causes, Cures and Climate Consequences Loretta Lynch, Former President, California Public Utilities Commission What are the causes of California’s high private utility bills? Exploring the elephant in the room – CAISO’s transmission & procurement costs spiral out of control – while it promotes its pathway to […]
