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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
