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Solar’s 20 most overlooked benefits for global sustainability
Outlet Full Name: PV Magazine
News Date: 07/31/2019
News Text: As renewable energy development is ramped up to address the climate crisis, negative side-effects should be avoided, especially when technology and resources could maximize the benefits… -
Wild Energy: Reconciling Nature and Solar Power Project Development
Outlet Full Name: Solar Magazine
News Date: 07/22/2019
News Text: Sustainable energy access and conservation of wild species and biodiversity rank at the top of the international community of nations’ strategic agenda… -
Outlet Full Name: T&D World
News Date: 6/25/2019
Feature: The “second-life” energy storage system was developed by Professor Jae Wan Park and his graduate students at the UC Davis Green Technology Laboratory… -
Outlet Full Name: Pacific Standard
News Date: 6/13/2019
Feature: Smith, a professor of agriculture and resource economics at the University of California—Davis. Smith has been tracking the… -
Outlet Full Name: Los Angeles Times
News Date: 6/5/2019
Feature: it’s hard to predict what different technologies will cost in the coming decades, said James Bushnell, an energy economist at UC Davis. Maybe solar ... -
Davis startup using business competition winnings to develop tech to reuse spent car batteries
Outlet Full Name: Sacramento Business Journal
News Date: 5/28/2019
Feature: competition winnings. RePurpose Energy won $12,500 at the University of California Davis Big Bang! Business Competition last…
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- August 8, 2019
Solar’s 20 most overlooked benefits for global sustainability
Outlet Full Name: PV Magazine
News Date: 07/31/2019
News Text: As renewable energy development is ramped up to address the climate crisis, negative side-effects should be avoided, especially when technology and resources could maximize the benefits… - July 25, 2019
Wild Energy: Reconciling Nature and Solar Power Project Development
Outlet Full Name: Solar Magazine
News Date: 07/22/2019
News Text: Sustainable energy access and conservation of wild species and biodiversity rank at the top of the international community of nations’ strategic agenda… - July 2, 2019
Outlet Full Name: T&D World
News Date: 6/25/2019
Feature: The “second-life” energy storage system was developed by Professor Jae Wan Park and his graduate students at the UC Davis Green Technology Laboratory… - June 17, 2019
Outlet Full Name: Pacific Standard
News Date: 6/13/2019
Feature: Smith, a professor of agriculture and resource economics at the University of California—Davis. Smith has been tracking the… - June 6, 2019
Outlet Full Name: Los Angeles Times
News Date: 6/5/2019
Feature: it’s hard to predict what different technologies will cost in the coming decades, said James Bushnell, an energy economist at UC Davis. Maybe solar ... - June 6, 2019
Davis startup using business competition winnings to develop tech to reuse spent car batteries
Outlet Full Name: Sacramento Business Journal
News Date: 5/28/2019
Feature: competition winnings. RePurpose Energy won $12,500 at the University of California Davis Big Bang! Business Competition last… - April 11, 2019
L.A. Could Replace Traditional Power Plants with Home Solar, Experts Say
Outlet Full Name: NBC News.com
News Date: 4/5/2019
Feature:.” Beth Ferguson, director of Sol Design Lab at the University of California, Davis, and adviser to a startup that plans to… - February 11, 2019
Floating Solar Farms: How ‘Floatovoltaics’ Could Provide Power without Taking up Valuable Real Estate
Outlet Full Name: NBC News MACH
News Date: 2/11/2019
Feature: “This gap in our understanding is important to reconcile as floatovoltaics have enormous technical potential,” said Rebecca Hernandez, an assistant… - January 31, 2019
California Lawmakers Vow to Keep Electricity Affordable as PG&E Declares Bankruptcy
Outlet Full Name: Capital Public Radio
News Date: 1/29/2019
Feature: …a public utility. Dr. Catherine Brinkley, assistant professor at UC Davis, says transitioning into a public utility would likely not… - January 22, 2019
My Turn: Sell PG&E for Parts and Build Community Energy Instead
Outlet Full Name: CALmatters
News Date: 1/16/2019
Feature: Brinkley is an assistant professor of human ecology at University of California, Davis, who has written extensively on community… - January 16, 2019
PG&E Plans to File Bankruptcy. Will the Utility go Under? We’ve Got Some Answers
Outlet Full Name: Sacramento Bee
News Date: 1/14/2019
Feature: “Bankruptcy is never a clean, easy process, and there’s a lot of costs involved just in terms of lawyers and accountants,” said James Bushnell,… - January 7, 2019
Floating Solar Technology Poised to ‘Take Off’ in U.S.
Outlet Full Name: Bloomberg BNA
News Date: 1/7/2019
Feature: “Floatovoltaics to me are one way we can really see a lot of benefits both economically and environmentally at a time when we really need to shore up our renewable energy resources in a rapid ... - January 4, 2019
Muir Commons Cuts the Ribbon on 26 Electric-Vehicle Chargers
Outlet Full Name: Davis Enterprise
News Date: 1/4/2019
Feature: Ben, also Executive Director of the UC Davis Energy and Efficiency Institute at West Village, opened the festivities… - December 27, 2018
Breakthrough Home Performance Technology to be Featured on PBS’s This Old House
Outlet Full Name: SF Gate
News Date: 12/27/2018
Feature: Developed at the University of California, Davis’ Western Cooling Efficiency Center, AeroBarrier is an innovative building envelope sealing technology that uses an aerosolized sealing process… - November 29, 2018
How Climate Change will Alter the Economy
Outlet Full Name: Marketplace
News Date: 11/26/2018
Feature: Frances Moore, assistant professor of environmental science and policy, is quoted. - November 26, 2018
Is California Going the Way of Germany when it Comes to Energy?
Outlet Full Name: San Diego Union Tribune
News Date: 11/11/2018
Feature: “There are a lot of parallels,” said James Bushnell, economics professor at the University of California at Davis. “Both have been leaders and both have experienced ... - November 7, 2018
Oil Industry and Anti-Fracking Advocates Collide in San Luis Obispo this Election Season
Outlet Full Name: Capital Public Radio
News Date: 10/31/2018
Feature: “And Gwen Arnold, who studies fracking at UC Davis, says even if the measure passes, it’ll probably get held up in court…” - October 3, 2018
Heat is a serious threat to dairy cows – we’re finding innovative ways to keep them cool
Outlet Full Name: The Conversation
News Date: 10/03/2018
Feature: “…we are among the animal scientists and engineers collaborating at UC Davis to test new innovations and measure how they affect electricity and water consumption, as ... - August 27, 2018
The Green Economy: Is California’s bid to lead the world on climate solutions paying off at home?
Outlet Full Name: CALmatters
News Date: 08/22/2018
Feature: “Still, said James Bushnell, an environmental economist at the University of California, Davis, “I think we oversold the argument this was going to cause growth.” “All we can ... - July 31, 2018
Hot Weather Strains the Grid. Here’s How We Could Fix That
Outlet Full Name: grist
News Date: 07/30/2018
Feature: “When there’s a shortage of electricity, the prices go up, but customers are mostly still paying the same price they would at any other time,” explained James Bushnell, an energy economist and the ... - July 20, 2018
UCD Solar Decathlon team receives awards, accolades
Outlet Full Name: Davis Enterprise
News Date: 07/20/2018
Feature: The UC Davis Solar Decathlon team in June received the Excellence in Structural Engineering Award from the Structural Engineers Association of Central California… - July 14, 2018
Trump Says Environmental Regulations Tank the Economy. California is Proving him Wrong
Outlet Full Name: BuzzFeed
News Date: 07/14/2018
Feature: the carbon intensity of the economy,” said Jim Bushnell, an economist at the University of California, Davis. “The reduction in carbon… - July 6, 2018
UC Launches Million Light Bulb Challenge
Outlet Full Name: Davis Enterprise
News Date: 07/06/2018
Feature: The University of California is spearheading a statewide effort to advance the purchase of 1 million high-quality, energy-efficient light bulbs for campus buildings and residences across the state…. - June 14, 2018
This Process is a Game Changer for Building an Efficient Home
Outlet Full Name: Build with Matt Risinger
News Date: 06/08/2018
Feature: This video features AeroBarrier, an innovate envelope sealing technology that simultaneously measures and seals building envelope air leeks. AeroBarrier was invented by our current interim faculty director, Dr. Mark Modera, ... - June 6, 2018
NEPTUNE Challenge Applies Hacking for Defense to DOD’s Energy Issues
Outlet Full Name: Naval Postgraduate School
News Date: 06/04/2018
News Text: “This workshop really focused on trying to identify the true problem, who you’re solving it for, and how you can best move quickly to move out a solution in a short ... - May 14, 2018
Why California rooftop solar requirement is not the right move for green energy
Outlet Full Name: Sacramento Bee Online
News Date: 05/10/2018
News Text: Op-ed by James Bushnell, director of the Energy Economics Program at the University of California, Davis. - May 3, 2018
The New Energy Majors: Wind and Solar College Degrees
Outlet Full Name: Wall Street Journal Online
News Date: 05/02/2018
News Text: …The University of California, Davis last fall launched its Energy Graduate Group, in which students work toward a master’s or doctorate degree with energy specialties, after repeatedly hearing from potential employers looking for ... - February 13, 2018
The Solar Decathlon Competition Showcases Cutting-Edge Home Designs, But Will it Give us the Next High-Tech Home?
Outlet Full Name: Archinect
News Date: 02/08/2018
News Text: … OUR H2OUSE from UC Davis was a response to the terrible drought facing California and used various forms of data visualization and user interface design to ... - January 12, 2018
Water Conservation Led to Reduced Energy Use and Less Pollution
Outlet Full Name: Los Angeles Times Online
News Date: 01/12/2018
News Text: … In a new report published Thursday in Environmental Research Letters, a team from UC Davis found that in addition to saving 524,000 million gallons of water over the mandate period, ... - January 2, 2018
Utility-Scale Installations Can Avoid Using Farmland, Study Says
Outlet Full Name: Yale Environment 360
News Date: 12/27/2017
News Text: …at underused spaces,” said Rebecca R. Hernandez, an assistant professor at UC Davis and co-author of the study. “This paper provides… - December 28, 2017
Non-traditional Sites Identified for Future Solar Farms
Outlet Full Name: Feedstuffs Online
News Date: 12/20/2017
News Text: … In a study published in Environmental Science & Technology, researchers at the University of California’s Riverside and Davis campuses explored… - December 28, 2017
Unconventional Solar Panel Siting Saves Agricultural Land While Providing Plenty Of Power
Outlet Full Name: CleanTechnica
News Date: 12/20/2017
News Text: … conflict with farmland or protected areas,” said Rebecca R. Hernandez, assistant professor of earth system science and ecology at UC Davis. …. - December 4, 2017
Energy Graduate Group Welcomes Inaugural Class
Outlet Full Name: UC Davis College of Engineering Progress Magazine
News Date: 12/04/2017
News Text: “THE UC DAVIS ENERGY GRADUATE GROUP welcomed its first class of graduate students last fall. Building on the university’s rich expertise in sustainable energy systems, the 16-student cohort will conduct interdisciplinary ... - November 22, 2017
Should the Social Cost of Carbon Be Higher?
Outlet Full Name: Scientific American Online
News Date: 11/22/2017
News Text:..that out,” said Frances Moore, an environmental economics expert at the University of California, Davis, and lead author… - November 4, 2017
Does ‘Winter Blend’ Lower Gas Prices?
Outlet Full Name: KXTV-TV Online
News Date: 10/31/2017
News Text:..does not mean savings at the pump. James Bushnell, economics professor at University of California, Davis, said there… - October 12, 2017
Innovation to Save Money, Water and Power
Outlet Full Name: Orange County Register Online
News Date: 10/12/2017
News Text:..efficiency. Over the next three years, we’re working with the UC Davis Center for Water and Energy Efficiency to optimize our energy use… - October 9, 2017
UC Davis Students Design Home of the Future
Outlet Full Name: KCRA3
News Date: 10/09/2017
News Text:..That’s what the UC Davis Solar Decathlon team is in the process of doing. The 15-member team is presenting their home, dubbed “Our H2Ouse”, to thousands of people in Denver for a month-long competition, the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon… - October 5, 2017
This House Made of Drought-Felled Wood is a Water-Saving Wonder
Outlet Full Name: Inhabitat
News Date: 10/05/2017
News Text:..California’s extreme droughts are so dire that students at UC Davis have designed an impressive solar-powered home built out of drought-felled timber and installed with various state-of-the-art water conservation features geared towards California residents… - September 30, 2017
Ghana’s Mandela Fellows Urged to Impart Knowledge to Society
Outlet Full Name: Ghana News Agency
News Date: 09/30/2017
News Text:..He said three of Ghana’s fellows participated in the Public Management Energy Policy Institute at the University of California. Mr. Quiroz said in addition to leadership training, the Energy Institute focus its academic sessions ... - September 12, 2017
UC Davis Tests Ways to Keep Cows Cool
Outlet Full Name: Daily Democrat
News Date: 09/07/2017
News Text:..Engineering Manager at the Western Cooling Efficiency Center Theresa Pistochini and UC Davis Department of Animal Science Professor Cassandra Tucker are working with graduate students to find more energy efficient technologies to keep heat-stressed cows cooler… - September 7, 2017
How To Cool Your Cow: Researchers Test New Methods To Protect Cows From Heat
Outlet Full Name: Capital Public Radio – Online
News Date: 09/07/2017
News Text:..waves, dairy farms use a lot water and energy to keep their cows cool. UC Davis researchers are trying out new techniques that use… - September 6, 2017
UC Davis Researchers Looking to Keep Cows Cooler
Outlet Full Name: KQVR-TV Online
News Date: 09/06/2017
News Text:.. trying to help farmers make the best use of water that they are going to spray,” said Cassandra Tucker, a professor at UC Davis. … - September 6, 2017
Keeping Cows Cool with Less Water and Energy
Outlet Full Name: Central Valley Business Times
News Date: 09/06/2017
News Text:..Some good news for Central Valley dairy farmers is being developed at the University of California, Davis – how to keep cows cooler using less water and less energy… - September 6, 2017
UC Davis Finding Ways to Cool Cows
Outlet Full Name: abc10.com
News Date: 09/06/2017 - September 5, 2017
Study: Behaviors Need to Change if Calif. Wants to Cut Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80 percent by 2050
Outlet Full Name: Capital Public Radio
News Date: 09/05/2017
News Text:…A UC Davis study suggests California’s plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050 won’t happen under current policies… - September 1, 2017
5 Critical Concepts for Sustainable Solar Energy
Outlet Full Name: UC Davis News
News Date: 09/01/2017
News Text:..a study led by University of California, Davis, ecologists helps clarify the benefits, trade-offs and interactions between renewable energy systems and the environment… - August 31, 2017
Save Water, Save Energy, Save California
Outlet Full Name: Los Angeles Times Online
News Date: 08/31/2017
News Text:… In fact, the decline in water use during the drought also produced energy savings – more in the summer of 2015 than all the energy efficiency programs offered by every utility in the state, ... - July 11, 2017
Debate Rages Over California Cap-and-Trade Deal, Concessions to Big Oil
Outlet Full Name: The Mercury News
News Date: 07/11/2017
News Text:…Overall, I find it really encouraging that they went the route of a separate bill targeting local pollutants,” said Professor James Bushnell, a UC Davis economics professor and former research director ... - July 9, 2017
Jerry Brown, a Global Climate Leader, Fights to Reach Deal at Home
Outlet Full Name: BBC
News Date: 07/09/2017
News Text:…There’s a tension between those two perspectives,” said James Bushnell, a UC Davis economics professor who previously led research at the… - June 29, 2017
Why are Californian Solar Firms Paying to Give Away Power?
Outlet Full Name: BBC
News Date: 06/29/2017
News Text:…advantage of the situation, says economist James Bushnell, a professor at UC Davis. What are the proposals to fix this? One option… - June 29, 2017
Students Design Cutting-Edge Solar Home
Outlet Full Name: Comstock’s Online
News Date: 06/28/2017
News Text: Students at UC Davis are building a house. Not just any house, but a solar-powered house, one with the potential to be as affordable as… - June 23, 2017
Net-Zero Homes Grew Record 33 percent in 2016, Says Report
Outlet Full Name: Curbed NY
News Date: 06/20/2017
News Text:..the largest single-family project (350 units, in design) are both at the University of California Davis’s West Village,… - June 23, 2017
Tesla’s China Plan Bolsters Prospects in Biggest Market for EVs
Outlet Full Name: Bloomberg News Online
News Date: 06/20/2017
News Text:…“Tesla has Elon Musk, who is the Steve Jobs of EVs,” said Wang Yunshi, director of the China Center for Energy and Transportation at the University of California, Davis. … ... - June 22, 2017
Ghana’s Mandela Washington Fellows Depart for the United States
Outlet Full Name: Modern Ghana
News Date: 06/22/2017
News Text:…will participate in thePublic Management Energy Policy Institute at the University of California, Davis. In addition to… - June 9, 2017
What Leaving the Paris Climate Deal Means for Business
Outlet Full Name: Associated Press News
News Date: 06/09/2017
News Text: …Amy Myers Jaffe of the University of California, Davis, said if the U.S. funds research into so-called clean-coal technology like carbon capture it could create an export market for U.S. coal and ... - June 7, 2017
UC Davis Big Bang! Business Competition Final Awards Ceremony
Outlet Full Name: Comstock’s – Online
News Date: 06/07/2017
News Text: The UC Davis Graduate School of Management’s held their 17th annual Big Bang! Business Competition on May 25. … - June 6, 2017
Brown Looks to Lure Chinese Electric Car Companies
Outlet Full Name: Capital Public Radio – Online
News Date: 06/06/2017
News Text: … Yunshi Wang directs the China Center for Energy and Transportation at UC Davis, and he happened to be on our high-speed rail train… - June 5, 2017
California Politics Updates: Gov. Jerry Brown goes to China to affirm Climate Change Alliance
Outlet Full Name: Los Angeles Times Online
News Date: 06/05/2017
News Text: … For the state to reach its environmental goals, “California and the world will need the cost of batteries and electric vehicles to come down,” said Yunshi Wang, director ... - June 1, 2017
Can California go 100 Percent Green by 2045?
Outlet Full Name: Good Day Sacramento Online
News Date: 06/01/2017
News Text: …possible if we are willing to incur the cost to get us there,” said UC Davis Economist James Bushnell. He studies the state’s… - May 31, 2017
These UC Davis Students are using Science to Change Food Waste Forever
Outlet Full Name: UPROXX
News Date: 05/31/2017
News Text: … Students at UC Davis decided to tackle this problem head on. At the Food Science and Technology Department of the university, Dr. Edward Spang put out a notice for students to form a ... - May 31, 2017
CA to Press on Despite Trump’s Paris Climate Pact Decision
Outlet Full Name: KCRA-TV Online
News Date: 05/31/2017
News Text: …but that others can learn from our work,” said Benjamin Finkelor with UC Davis Energy Efficiency Center. Finkelor said UC… - May 23, 2017
Big Oil is Betting on Plastics. It May be a Risky Bet.
Outlet Full Name: The Wall Street Journal
News Date: 05/23/2017
News Text: …Amy Myers Jaffe of the University of California, Davis, said if the U.S. funds research into so-called clean-coal technology like carbon capture it could create an export market for U.S. coal ... - May 10, 2017
Not Just for Drinking: Winery Waste Finds New Uses
Outlet Full Name: KGO-TV
News Date: 05/10/2017
News Text: … Chris Simmons is a biological systems engineer and assistant professor at University of California, Davis. His lab is studying how food-processing…