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 Register to Attend 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 […]

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 Join via Zoom (passcode: ucdenergy) 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 […]

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)

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 […]

Agrivoltaics: An Opportunity of Food, Energy, and Water Resilience and a Gateway for Experiential Learning and Community Development

Friday, October 4th, 2024 | 10:30 am – 11:50 am Greg Barron-Gafford, Professor, School of Geography Development and Environment, University of Arizona Location: 1605 Tilia Street, Suite 100, Davis, CA Watch Video Global projections of increased temperature and aridity threaten our potential to achieve Sustainable Development Goals associated with food, energy, and water futures. We […]