ISE Assists Green Ribbon Commission With 80×50 Scoping Study
The City of Boston’s Green Ribbon Commission and the City of Boston are preparing to revisit the City’s plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80% by the year 2050. The Commission has engaged the Institute to assist with scoping out the modeling and policy development needed for the updated study. We believe this work will […]
Utility companies to stockpile $8 million spare parts in case of disaster
Threats including terror attacks and mega-storms on the power grid scared people into action, thus eight of the nation’s largest utility companies plan to launch Grid assurance to stockpile what is most important components of the electricity system. Read the full article and hear what Peter says about this move.
Peter Fox-Penner gave presentation at Climateworks
On April 4, 2016 ISE Director Peter Fox-Penner gave an invited presentation at Climateworks on Grid Equity in the Clean Power Transition. The main message of the presentation is that the distribution and transmission grids are key to the clean power transition and also key to realizing the potential of distributed power. Adequate funding and regulation […]
Biofuels versus PV-to-Electric Cars: Clark Bullard’s Take
Professor Clark Bullard of the University of Illinois Mechanical Engineering Department is one of the true pioneers of energy policy research, not to mention his leadership on American Rivers, the National Wildlife Federation, and other groups. His credentials and publishing history can be found here. Nine years ago he made a simple calculation comparing the […]
Welcome to Our First Blog: Turning the Sea From Black to Green
Our inaugural blog post comes from Dr. Yingxia Yang, an associate at The Brattle Group, a consultancy for whom I am an advisor. Yingxia hails from Wu Hai, a town in Inner Mongolia that has been overwhelmingly dependent on coal production — much like the coal towns of Appalachia in the United States and similar […]
Earth Week Speaker Series
Climate Change Conference on March 30
The Environmental and Energy Law Society (EELS) is hosting their Second Annual Climate Change Conference on Wednesday, March 30th from 4:30-6:30pm at the Law School in Barrister’s Hall. The Keynote Speaker, Secretary Matthew Beaton from Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA), will discuss renewable energy policy in Massachusetts, followed by a panel. The panel will include attorneys and professionals from intellectual property, land […]
ARPA-E Deputy Directors Visits BU
On March 13, Boston University’s Office of Research hosted Dr. Eric Rohlfing, Deputy Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E). Dr. Rohlfing gave a fascinating and thorough overview of ARPA-E’s activities, moderated by ISE Director Peter Fox-Penner. Dr. Rohlfing then met with several teams of BU faculty members engaged in sustainable energy research. […]
BU Research on a Sustainable Energy Future
On March 3, 2016 the Institute made its debut with a symposium of diverse, cutting-edge sustainable energy research conducted by BU researchers from all across the university. The symposium consisted of 15 five-minute “microtalks,” with each speaker allowed one slide. The slide deck for the full symposium is posted here. Watch this space – we’ll soon […]
Videos on BU Research on a Sustainable Energy Future
The Institute made its debut with a symposium of fifteen diverse sustainable energy research conducted by BU researchers from all across the university on March 3, 2016. Download the presenters’ slides.