8 episodes
Energy Seminar (Spring 2012) Stanford University
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The weekly Energy Seminar, chaired by Professor Sally Benson and managed by the Precourt Institute for Energy and the Woods Institute for the Environment at Stanford, informs the Stanford community about a wide range of energy and climate change issues and perspectives.
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Saving the World and Having a Job Working at the California Energy Commission (May 7, 2012)
(May 7, 2012) Commissioner Carla Peterman discusses her work at the California Energy Commission, which is the state's primary energy policy and planning agency.
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Saving the World and Having a Job: Distributed Solar- Exciting Challenges and Rapid Growth (June 4, 2012)
(June 4, 2012) Shawn Kerrigan discusses the advantages and challenges of solar energy when used for distributed generation.
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Car Sharing and Pooling: Reducing Car Over-Population and Collaborative Consumption (April 9, 2012)
(April 9, 2012) John Atcheson and Logan Green focus on the opportunities and challenges facing peer-to-peer sharing and offer a vision for a world in which every car is shared.
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The Energy Balance of the Photovoltaic Industry: Is the PV Industry A Net Energy Provider? (April 2, 2012)
(April 2, 2012) Michael Dale analyzes the energy PV industry given historic and projected growth in capacity.
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Combining Offshore Wind and Wave Energy Farms to Facilitate Grid Integration of Variable Renewables (April 23, 2012)
(April 23, 2012) Eric Stoutenburg discusses the synergy that one gets when one combines offshore wind and wave energy farms.
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Unlocking the Benefits of Active Customer Participation in Wholesale Electricity Markets (May 21, 2012)
(May 21, 2012) Frank Wolak summarizes the results of a number of research projects for allowing electricity consumers to benefit from active participation in wholesale electricity markets.