Empowering Energy Equity: Advancing Social Justice and Diversity in Tribal Energy Development
Thursday, January 23rd, 2025 Linnea Jackson, General Manager, Hoopa Valley Tribe Public Utilities District Watch Video Linnea Jackson shares the inspiring journey of our tribal microgrid and energy development initiatives. This presentation will explore how the Hoopa Valley Tribe plans to harness innovative energy solutions to create a resilient, sustainable, and culturally grounded energy system. From […]
Energy Injustice and How We Got Here
Thursday, January 16th, 2025 Natalie Espinoza, Program Manager, The Energy Coalition Mayra Sánchez Barba, Research Program and Policy Manager, UC Davis Feminist Research Institute Watch Video Natalie Espinoza leads community outreach and engagement initiatives for The Energy Coalition (TEC) and facilitates their Environmental Justice Advisory Committee. With over a decade of experience in energy-efficiency program […]
The Global Energy Transition’s Impact on the Global South
Thursday, January 9th, 2025 Benjamin K. Sovacool, Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University Maurice Carney, Executive Director, Friends of the Congo Watch Video Dr. Benjamin K. Sovacool is Professor of Earth and Environment at Boston University in the United States, where he is the Founding Director of the Institute for Global Sustainability. He is […]
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 […]
