Energy Seminar (Fall 2010‪)‬ Stanford University

Nick Melosh discusses an innovative approach under development in his laboratory to implement combined cycle solar electricity generation using photon enhanced thermionic emission. (November 17, 2010)

Meg Caldwell and Larry Crowder discuss the implications of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill from both a regulatory and an ecological standpoint and what this might mean for the future of oil exploration in the United States. (November 10, 2010)

Debra Lew discusses how the electricity distribution infrastructure of the western United States can adapt to major shifts in energy generation toward wind and solar sources. (November 3, 2010)

Steve Wereley discusses his involvement in determining the flow rate of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the early stages of the disaster and in contradiction to the official estimate released by BP. (October 27, 2010)

Thomas Steyer and George P. Shultz, along with a selected panel of students, discuss the issues behind Proposition 23 on the Nov 2 California ballot and why passage of this proposition would represent a huge step backward. (October 20, 2010)

The directors of the Precourt Institute for Energy discuss each of their respective sub-inititiative and projects and how they fit into the over mission of the Precourt Institute for Energy. (October 6, 2010)