ISE Director Fox-Penner Testifies Before Massachusetts State Senate
On June 22nd, ISE Director Peter Fox-Penner joined co-authors of a white paper on Massachusetts energy policy options to testify before the Senate Oversight Committee on Global Warming. The hearing was chaired by Senator Marc R. Pacheco. Pictured from left to right are white paper co-authors Michael Haggerty, the Brattle Group; Professor David Cash, Dean […]
Michael Webber on his new book: The Energy-Water Nexus
Thursday, April 28, 2016 | 5:00 pm HAR Room 212, Questrom School of Business, 595 Commonwealth Avenue Introduced by Cutler Cleveland, College of Arts & Sciences professor of earth and environment and Institute for Sustainable Energy affiliate. Join Michael Webber, creator of popular energy literacy MOOC Energy 101 and PBS television special, Energy at the Movies, for a presentation of his new book […]
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.
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. […]